Author: Henry Ward Beecher
Quote: “The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.”
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“Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia; it is by no means a representative of reason.” – George Santayana
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“The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.” – Thomas Jefferson
