![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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For now, I only wish to make a simple acknowledgement of the woman who held the power just before me. Of all of us who touched it, I feel she was the most worthy. Brandon Sanderson
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The more simple we are, the more complete we become. Auguste Rodin
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The Q I loathe and despise, the Q every single writer I know loathes and despises, is this one: 'Where,' the reader asks, 'do you get your ideas?' It's a simple question, and my usual response is a kind of helpless, 'I don't know.' Ayelet Waldman
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The better organized you are in the simple things, the more spontaneous and free you can be in the ore important things. Brian Tracy
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Putting on a new pair of glasses or sunglasses is a simple way to completely transform your look - just like a new hairstyle. Brad Goreski
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I tried to make it a simple as possible for people so they could pronounce my name. Jamie Farr
simple world ignored
The world’s not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we can’t. Branch Rickey
simple want able
If there was a simple ethic for the band, it was that we want to be able to do whatever we want to do. Billy Corgan
simple ideas wish
The idea of Socialism is at once grandiose and simple. . .We may say, in fact, that it is one of the most ambitious creations of the human spirit, . . .so magnificent, so daring, that it has rightly aroused the greatest admiration. If we wish to save the world from barbarism we have to refute Socialism, but we cannot thrust it carelessly aside. Ludwig von Mises
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No Sunni has a right to become a president, prime minister or even a minister in the Iranian government. Abdul Reeki
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The telecoms and construction sectors are likely to be up because that's where the money is going after the government said it wants to up its investment in these sectors.
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Now my hand, my hand can be grasped, and the hand of government can be grasped, by you, by your families, by your communities, and that others can together with us in government seize what may well be an unprecedented, unprecedented opportunity, Bill Frist
government role steer work
The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us. Joe Lhota
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I've never really been a taker, always a giver, but in this case, I really had the sense that this is what the government is supposed to be there to do.
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Given that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the twentieth century must also be a century of Socialism, Liberalism and Democracy: political doctrines pass, but humanity remains, and it may rather be expected that this will be a century of authority ... a century of Fascism. For if the nineteenth century was a century of individualism it may be expected that this will be the century of collectivism and hence the century of the State. Benito Mussolini
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Subsidiarity is the principle that government works best most responsibly and responsively when it is closest to the people it serves and the needs it addresses. Fiscal accountability is the principle that institutions collecting and disbursing taxes work most responsibly when they are transparent to those providing the money. Jane Jacobs
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The government has once again made the right socially acceptable. Elfriede Jelinek
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No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influences of fruition and hope. It offers vengeance to the discontented, and distinction to the ambitious; and employs the energies of aspiring spirits, who otherwise may prove traitors in a division or assassins in a debate. Benjamin Disraeli
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A senator can be wrong for 20 years without consequence to the nation, ... But a president, a president, always casts the deciding vote. And in this time of challenge, America needs -- and America has -- a president we can count on to get it right. Dick Cheney
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As for football in L.A., it's going to take a loooong time before another team comes here. Leigh Steinberg
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The boys on Pennsylvania Avenue have convinced a whole lot of the public that What's His Whiskers had something to do with 9/11. Stay tuned.
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A woman is like a teabag - only in hot water do you realize how strong she is. Nancy Reagan
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A writer is like a bean plant, he has his little day, and then he gets stringy. E. B. White
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A world of blossoms for the bee, Flowers for the sick girl's silent room, For the glad infant sprigs of bloom, We plant with the apple tree.
american-entertainer people
People are still engaged; they still want music, but they want a choice. So I say, just give the people what they want. It's so simple.
american-poet human rest worthy
Often and often must he have thought, that, to be or not to be forever, was a question, which must be settled; as it is the foundation, and the only foundation upon which we feel that there can rest one thought, one feeling, or one purpose worthy of a human soul. Jones Very
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