We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
– Thomas Jefferson
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- This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies. – Calvin Coolidge
- The mainstream media in America has become an insidious device of ignorance. They not only shape the story, but now participate. For what? – Jonathan Heatt
- The care of human life and happiness, and their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of a good government. – Thomas Jefferson
- History, in general, only informs us what bad government is. – Thomas Jefferson
- The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. – Thomas Jefferson
- The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government. – Thomas Jefferson
- The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground. – Thomas Jefferson
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- Enforcement isn’t about big government or small government. It’s about whether government works and who it works for. – Elizabeth Warren
- The idea of formulated ‘rights … comes not from John Locke and Thomas Jefferson … but from the canon law of the Catholic Church. – Thomas E Woods Jr
- Integrity must become a personal goal of a growing majority in America if we want to be a major world influence. – Herman L Glaess
- Your king is SUPPOSED to explode? What kind of government system is that? – Jefferson Smith
- One with God is always a majority. But many have been burned at the stake while the boats were being counted. Thomas Reed – HW Brands
- Discrimination does not ‘make America great.’ It makes America weak. – DaShanne Stokes
- In 1969 America put the man on the moon.In 2016 America put the man in the women’s bathroom. – Celso Cukierkorn
- The literature of America should reflect the children of America. – Lucille Clifton
- What’s the difference between depression and South America?If you really had to, you could conquer South America. – Doug Westberg
- Stop listening to the TV tell you about America the beautiful . . . get up and be America the beautiful. – Rivera Sun
- Stop listening to the TV tell you about America the beautiful . . . get up and be America the beautiful. – Rivera Sun
- Rejecting predatory capitalism in America is a way to respect and honor America. – Bryant McGill
- There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. – Bill Clinton
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- This (San Francisco) is the most beautiful city in America, Probably because it looks nothing like America – Ilya Ilf
- Americans appreciate bad taste or America wouldn’t look the way America does. – PJ ORourke
- If people elsewhere want to do everything possible to make it to America, people in America must do all things possible to make it to heaven! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- The reason America is in its death-throes is because America has lost moral authority. – Bryant McGill
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- In America, disagreement with the policies of the government does not necessitate a lack of patriotism! – Senator Mitchell
- To [the government] it didn’t matter what happened to the American people as long as america in the abstract was kept strong. – Isaac Asimov
- America is a nation of illusions; illusions in the media, schools and government -” an iron curtain of propaganda. – Bryant McGill
- You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him participate in synchronized diving. – Cuthbert Soup
- We often participate in a war only to lose our hearts and to gain a few pieces of land. – Debasish Mridha
- You will lose not because of your abilities but because of your lack of desire to participate. – Debasish Mridha
- We exist to fully participate in the creation our own lives. – Toni Sorenson
- People who score zero are not only those who do not participate in the game, but also those who play very well but have no goal in focus! – Israelmore Ayivor
- God Provides by divine Power through knowledge of His Promises so that we Participate in divine nature in godliness. – Corey MK Hughes
- He cried, almost entire night. He cried alone in his small shed. That was only game that he could play without needing another person to participate. – kambiz shabankareh