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The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded. ↗

— Franklin Pierce

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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo. ↗

— Harold Pinter

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We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government. ↗

— John Pilger

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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ↗

— Plato

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Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. ↗

— Plato

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If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant? ↗

— Pete du Pont

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My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary. ↗

— Victor Ponta

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For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us. ↗

— Colin Powell

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We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government. ↗

— Colin Powell

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