#government

Almost any government activity can also be seen as taking property "without just compensation." The basic model of an unconstitutional "taking" would be if the government threw you out of your house. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

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Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly. ↗

— Henry Knox

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They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government. ↗

— Henry Knox

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In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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My government career is over. ↗

— Linda Tripp

#government #over

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

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In my opinion, the form of Government may be different in different countries, according to their circumstances, their wishes, their wants. England loves her Queen, and has full motive to do so. ↗

— Lajos Kossuth

#be different #circumstances #countries #different #different countries

I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation. ↗

— Lajos Kossuth

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I am supposed to owe the government something like $100 million. I couldn't squeeze out a dime. ↗

— Dennis Kozlowski

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The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

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