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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

~Alexander Hamilton

Topics: Control Difficulty Enable First Framing Governed Government Great Itself Lies Men Must Next Oblige Over Place Which You

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The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.

~Alexander Hamilton

Topics: Benefit Constantly Expedient Folly Government Inquiry Nothing People Please Temporary Will

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Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Against Austere Constant Ever Government Learned Liberalism More Political Protest Submission Trifles Unite

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We have to find places that we protect away from government so that we can all be the unique and interesting and, in my case, somewhat deviant people we'd like to be.

~Alexander Karp

Topics: Away Case Find Government Interesting Like People Places Protect Somewhat Unique

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For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Best Contest Fools Forms Government Whatever

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When I was trying to figure out how the government might go about creating the camps in 'The Darkest Minds,' I researched the Japanese internment camps here in the United States, specifically propaganda the government used, and how they capitalized on people's fears.

~Alexandra Bracken

Topics: About Camps Creating Darkest Fears Figure Go Government Here How Internment Japanese Might Minds Out People Propaganda Specifically States Trying United United States Used

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The only way people are going to change their car buying habits, and the only way government will get behind alternatively fueled vehicles, is if gasoline prices continue to go up.

~Alexandra Paul

Topics: Behind Buying Car Change Continue Fueled Gasoline Get Go Going Government Habits Only People Prices Up Vehicles Way Will

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When healthcare is at its best, hospitals are four-star hotels, and nurses, personal butlers at the ready - at least, that's how many hospitals seem to interpret a government mandate.

~Alexandra Robbins

Topics: Best Government Healthcare Hospitals Hotels How Interpret Least Mandate Many Nurses Personal Ready Seem

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Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders.

~Alexei Mordashov

Topics: Answerable Company Government Links Our Participation Private Regarding Russian Shareholders

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In a literal sense, even a private company, of course, cannot do everything that it wants without some discussion with government. As a good corporate citizen, Severstal discussed the idea of a merger with Arcelor with the Russian government.

~Alexei Mordashov

Topics: Cannot Citizen Company Corporate Course Discussed Discussion Even Everything Good Government Idea Literal Merger Private Russian Sense Some Wants Without

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