![The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature. . . . [In] the formation of the American governments . . . it will never be pretended that any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods, or were in any degree under the influence of heaven. . . . These governments were contrived merely by the use of reason and the senses.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-united-states-of-america-have-exhibited-perhaps-the-first-example-of-govern.jpg)
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Just as a poet often has license from the rules of grammar and pronunciation, we should like to ask for 'physicists' license from the rules of mathematics in order to express what we wish to say in as simple a manner as possible. Richard P. Feynman
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Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things. Richard Dawkins
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A God capable of continuously monitoring and controlling the individual status of every particle in the universe cannot be simple. His existence is going to need a mammoth explanation in its own right.
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Frank held up the Chinese handcuffs. “Keep it simple. Rick Riordan
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Free men must live simple lives and have simple pleasures. William Morris
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Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud. Rebecca Stead
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I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do. Roald Dahl
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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
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We Americans, we're a simple people . . . but piss us off, and we'll bomb your cities. Robin Williams
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has talked about the need for reform in Uzbekistan. Very basically, the Uzbekistan government needs to trust its people." () Sean McCormack
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He said what he said because he thought he was telling the government what they wanted to hear.
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I don't know jokes; I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers
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This was not unexpected. Madison is a government town.
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MacKinnon's treatment of the central issue of pornography as she herself poses it - the harm that pornography does to women - is shockingly causal. Much of her evidence is anecdotal, and in a nation of 260 Million people, anecdotes are a weak form of evidence. Richard Posner
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It is the censor's business to make a judgment about the propriety of the content or message of the proposed expressive activity. The regulation here does not authorize any judgment about the content of any speeches. ... A park is a limited space, and to allow unregulated access to all comers could easily reduce rather than enlarge the park's utility as a forum for speech. Just imagine two rallies held at the same time in the same park area using public-address systems that drowned out each other's speakers.
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Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers. Richard Perle
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Bureaucracies have a natural tendency not to cooperate, coordinate or consolidate with each other. They won't cooperate with each other - unless they are forced to do so by political level authority. Richard Holbrooke
government entrepreneur priorities
Closing the gap for women entrepreneurs should be a priority for the federal government - and yet the Small Business Administration has failed in their promise to women business owners. Ruben Hinojosa
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People were more interested in the phenomena than the art itself. This, combined with the growing interest in collecting art as an investment and the resultant boom in the art market, made it a difficult time for a young artist to remain sincere without becoming cynical. Keith Haring
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I was joking but he took responded seriously: 'I would know, and I couldn't live with myself knowing that I'd only run 97 miles or whatever.' Joe Henderson
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Kerry's focus and his message has really been middle class, middle America, 'I'm standing up for the little guy' and middle class investors respond to that, but that raises the question of how do you go back and talk to the business community after that. Amy Walter
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Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were. Colleen Atwood
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Kids used to tease me unmercifully about that name. Marge Schott
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Knowledge is power. Your education is the most important thing you can do. Jim Rice
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Jackson's trip stands at the cusp of major change in the United States for transportation, ... To a great extent, he was still traveling through a 19th-century America that hadn't changed much since the 1860s or so.
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I wrote that song for my wife, and it's what some guy who's sitting under a tree would be singing to the woman of his life, telling her how wonderful she is. To me, that's more lasting than something that sounds like it belongs on a movie soundtrack. John Fogerty
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Kathy Whitworth is golf's definition of a champion, having been both one of the finest players in history and a role model for aspiring women professionals. By her example, Kathy has brought more attention to golf throughout her remarkable career and has never wavered in supporting the game both within her community and throughout the country. The PGA of America is very pleased to present her with the PGA First Lady of Golf Award.