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Why consider debates in the English House of Commons in 1628 along with documents on American developments in the late eighteenth century? The juxtaposition is not capricious, because the Commons during this period generated many of the ideas that were later embodied in the government of the United States.

~Edmund Morgan

Topics: Along American Because Century Commons Consider Debates Developments Documents Eighteenth Embodied English Government House House Of Commons Ideas Juxtaposition Late Later Many Period States United United States Were Why

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I carefully evaluated every single document I disclosed to ensure that each was legitimately in the public interest. There are all sorts of documents that would have made a big impact that I didn't turn over, because harming people isn't my goal. Transparency is.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Because Big Big Impact Carefully Document Documents Each Ensure Every Goal Harming Impact Interest Made Over People Public Public Interest Single Sort Transparency Turn Would

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Perhaps I am naive, but I believe that at this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable fear of omniscient State powers kept in check by nothing more than policy documents.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Am Believe Check Danger Documents Fear Freedom Greatest History Kept Life More Naive Nothing Omniscient Our Perhaps Point Policy Powers Reasonable State Than Way I Am I Believe I Believe That

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In 'Nineteen Eighty-Four,' protagonist Winston Smith works at a propaganda department for the state called the 'Ministry of Truth,' where inconvenient news can be discarded down a 'memory hole.' Orwell was fixated on the idea that under certain governments, the past can be altered or documents rewritten.

~Elizabeth Flock

Topics: Altered Certain Department Discarded Documents Down Governments Hole Idea Inconvenient Memory Ministry News Nineteen Past Propaganda Protagonist Rewritten Smith State Truth Where Winston Works

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They've got him - credible witnesses, documents, heaven knows what else. In all my years as a prosecutor I have never seen such an open-and-shut case.

~Elliot Richardson

Topics: Case Credible Documents Else Got Heaven Him Knows Never Prosecutor Seen Witnesses Years

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The responsibility of the attorney general is to change things and bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents.

~Eric Holder

Topics: Attorney Attorney General Bring Change Change Things Closer Documents Expressed Founding General Ideals Our Responsibility Things Us

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Most other documents leaked to WikiLeaks do not carry the same explosive potential as candid cables written by American diplomats.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: American Candid Carry Diplomats Documents Explosive Leaked Most Other Potential Same Wikileaks Written

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Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.

~Felix Dennis

Topics: Computers Copies Documents Each Emails Endlessly Errors Few Flawless Get Hundreds Make Managers Now Once Paper People Sheet Time Until Wasteful

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If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'.

~Frank Abagnale

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We also have a program in place for low income people. A family of four making $26,000 a year can receive medical coverage, irrespective of citizenship or what documents.

~George Pataki

Topics: Also Citizenship Coverage Documents Family Four Income Irrespective Low Making Medical People Place Program Receive Year

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