"Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people."
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"The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under."
1
"He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor."
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"When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned."
1
"This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people."
1
"The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people."
1
"I'm trying to fight the terrorism that's actually causing the other forms of terrorism. You know, the root cause of terrorism is the stuff that the U. S. government allows to happen, and the foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists. And it's easy for us because it's just some oil."
1
"The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them."
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"It's our moral obligation, as well as, I believe, it is the government's obligation to take care of its people."
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"Some people think African states cannot be trusted with the cookie jar. But there are absolutely good NGOs who have this feeling of human solidarity and who also recognize that their work can only be supplementary to the government."
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"A government of, by, and for the people requires that people talk to people, that we can agree to disagree but do so in civility. If we let the politicians and those who report dictate our discourse, then our course will be dictated."
1
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much."
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"There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people."
1
"If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy."
1
"The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return."
2
"A government is for the benefit of all the people."
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"I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."
1
"What makes me angry is when people know what is right but have, over the years, attuned themselves to the fact that what they're doing, stealing money from government, is acceptable."
1
"The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power."
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"Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy."
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