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A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad government. ↗

— Joseph Story

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Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government. ↗

— Mackenzie King

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People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests. ↗

— James Bovard

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The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

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History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government. ↗

— John Sharp Williams

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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse! ↗

— Chinua Achebe

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The banking collapse was caused, more than anything, by bad government policy and the total failure of bad regulation, rather than by greed. ↗

— Nigel Farage

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My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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