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"There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government." -
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Top 5 quotes from Benjamin Franklin
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none."
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Top 5 quotes from Government
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"Now more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness and corruption."
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
"There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
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