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Grammar, which can govern even Kings.
Grammar
Moliere

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It is very easy to accuse a government of imperfection, for all mortal things are full of it.
Government
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
Family
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
Liberty
Charles De Montesquieu

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Tyranny is yielding to the lust of the governing.
Tyranny
Lord Moulton

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The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.
Uncategorised
Napoleon III

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No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.
Government
Cornelius Nepos

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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
Autonomy
Kwame Nkrumah

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
Government
P. J. O'Rourke

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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
Democracy
William Penn

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Men must be governed by God, or they will be ruled by tyrants.
God
William Penn

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No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
Teachers and Teaching
Plato

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

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Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
Government
Ronald Reagan

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Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
Government
Ronald Reagan

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The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.
Business
Ronald Reagan

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Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.
Government
Ronald Reagan

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A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.
Government
James Reston

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Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Government
Will Rogers

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I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Government
Will Rogers

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Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
Government
Theodore Roosevelt

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The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power.
Imagination
John Ruskin

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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
Freedom
Bertrand Russell

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The world cannot be governed without juggling.
Leaders and Leadership
John Selden

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun