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Posty oznaczone ‘George Washington’

O rządzie, demokracji itp.

Październik 19th, 2007 rpkk Komentarze wyłączone

Na stronie wspominanej w poprzednim wpisie znalazłem kilka cytatów. Nie chcąc przekłamywać – przytaczam tak, jak było to podane tam:

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
Thomas Jefferson
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
James Madison
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.
Karl Marx
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Thomas Paine
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
Thomas Paine
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
Jonathan Swift
The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
Gore Vidal
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington
You don’t pay taxes – they take taxes.
Chris Rock
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
H. L. Mencken
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
Milton Friedman
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
Henry Ward Beecher