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If the American government can't stand behind the dollar, the world's benchmark currency, then the global financial system will very likely enter a new era in which there is much less trade and much less economic growth. It would be, by most accounts, the largest self-imposed financial disaster in history.

~Adam Davidson

Topics: Accounts American American Government Behind Benchmark Currency Disaster Dollar Economic Economic Growth Enter Era Financial Financial System Global Government Growth History Largest Less Likely Most Much New New Era Stand System Then Trade Very Which Will World Would

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There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Alcohol America American American Government Been Closed Criminal Criminals Down Fifth Government Handed Industry Just Largest More Never Pretty Production Prohibition Remarkable States Stroke Than Thing Time United United States Years

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American government did not originate in any abstract theories about liberty and equality, but in the actual experience gained by generation after generation of English colonists in managing their own political affairs. The Revolution did not make a breach in the continuity of their institutional life.

~Charles A. Beard

Topics: About Abstract Actual Affairs After American American Government Any Breach Colonists Continuity Did English Equality Experience Gained Generation Government Institutional Liberty Life Make Managing Originate Own Political Revolution Theories

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I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.

~Cindy Sheehan

Topics: Admired Always America American American Government Government Imperialism Meddling President South South America Standing Standing Up Up

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So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!

~Eddie Izzard

Topics: About American American Government Clinton Everyone Feel Government Lied Little Many Naive Native Native Americans President President Clinton Relationship Surprised Then Years I Feel

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I am obligated and I will pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes to the American government. I already paid and I will keep paying whatever taxes I owe based on my time as a U.S. citizen.

~Eduardo Saverin

Topics: Am American American Government Based Citizen Dollars Government Hundreds Keep Millions Millions Of Dollars My Time Obligated Owe Paid Pay Paying Taxes Time Whatever Will I Am

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The director of the FBI has been visiting Silicon Valley companies asking them to build back doors so that it can spy on what is being said online. The Department of Commerce is going after piracy. At home, the American government wants anything but Internet freedom.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: After American American Government Anything Asking Back Been Being Build Commerce Companies Department Director Doors Freedom Going Government Home Internet Online Piracy Said Silicon Silicon Valley Spy Them Valley Visiting Wants Fbi

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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: American American Government Coup Friends Government Trusted

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I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying.

~George Michael

Topics: American American Government Bullies Bullying Consider Government

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We were American citizens. We were incarcerated by our American government in American internment camps here in the United States. The term 'Japanese internment camp' is both grammatically and factually incorrect.

~George Takei

Topics: American American Citizens American Government Both Camp Camps Citizens Government Here Incorrect Internment Japanese Our States Term United United States Were

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