 | "There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action."
- Bertrand Russell
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| "For every action there is an equal and opposite government program."
- Bob Wells
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| "Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians."
- Chester Bowles
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| "After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood."
- Fred Thompson
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| "You know what's interesting about Washington ? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature."
- George W. Bush
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| "Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."
- H. L. Mencken
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| "I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time."
- H. L. Mencken
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| "The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office."
- H. L. Mencken
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| "Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship."
- Harry S Truman
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| "You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too."
- John Kenneth Galbraith
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