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H. L. Mencken
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
Lewis Mumford
The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.
P. J. O'Rourke
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P. J. O'Rourke
Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
Robert Orben
Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.
Thomas Paine
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Thomas Paine
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
Thomas Paine
That government is best which governs least.
William Penn
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
Wendell Phillips
To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.
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