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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."
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none."
Top 5 quotes from Government
"When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right."
"The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."
"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."
"Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government."
"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."
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