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A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Always Depend Government Paul Pay Peter Support

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The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Art Government Idolatry Organisation

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The best government is not the one that you can serve in the longest, but the government that's closest to the people.

~George Brauchler

Topics: Best Closest Government Longest People Serve You

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The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.'

~George Clooney

Topics: Back Deals Exactly France Getting Going Government Itself Like Make Okay Running Say Sit Sopranos The Sopranos They Say You

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For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.

~George Clooney

Topics: Constantly Countries Definition Government Me Other Other Countries Patriot Question Separates Someone Us Who Willing

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Shutting down the government is not how you make government work.

~George Clooney

Topics: Down Government How Make Shutting Work You

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If you will investigate all the Indian troubles, you will find that there is something wrong of this nature at the bottom of all of them, something relating to the supplies, or else a tardy and broken faith on the part of the general government.

~George Crook

Topics: Bottom Broken Else Faith Find General Government Indian Investigate Nature Part Relating Something Supplies Them Troubles Will Wrong You

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First, take the government of the Indians out of politics; second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites; third, give the Indian the ballot.

~George Crook

Topics: Ballot First Give Government Indian Indians Laws Out Politics Same Second Take Third Those Whites

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The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

~George Deukmejian

Topics: Difference Golf Government Improve Lie You Your

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We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.

~George Farquhar

Topics: Accidents Fortunes Get Government Heads Hearts Independent Intrinsic Life Men Money Our Ourselves Out Revolutions Spend Strike Value Who Whose Worth

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