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The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.

~C. L. R. James

Topics: Body Democracy Elected First Foremost Government Paris Suffrage Universal

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My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.

~C. L. R. James

Topics: Area Around Behaviour Father Friends Government His Limited Strictly Teacher Teachers Were Within Working

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Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.

~C. Northcote Parkinson

Topics: Government Machinery Make People Poor Rich Sovereign Use Will

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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures. This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.

~C. V. Raman

Topics: Accept As Far As Believe Cannot Decided Driven Far Fundamental Government Industrial Military Money Possible Pressures Reason Science Strongly Why

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Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests.

~C. Wright Mills

Topics: American Automatic Balancing Cling Competing Disturbed Economy Government Interests Issues Machine Moral Notion Over Political Political Economy Sort Wishing

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I was reading about all of these medical and psychological experimental programs that the government and various intelligence agencies had run throughout the 20th century. Any book you can read on that, there's some really horrifying and fascinating stuff that goes on there.

~Caitlin Kittredge

Topics: About Agencies Any Book Century Experimental Fascinating Goes Government Had Horrifying Intelligence Intelligence Agencies Medical Programs Psychological Read Reading Really Run Some Stuff Throughout Various You 20Th Century

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In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.

~Cal Thomas

Topics: Cause Change Decadence Different Different Ways Free Free Society Government Live Major Our People Problems Reflection Reflects Social Social Problems Society Soul Top Want Ways Will

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No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins 'we the people', not 'us the government'.

~Cal Thomas

Topics: Begins Constitution Earth Government Greater Mind Our People Power Soul Than Us

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People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.

~Cal Thomas

Topics: Act Alter Carried Does Government Guns Immorality Income Money Others Out People Relieve Transfer Who

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Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.

~Cal Thomas

Topics: Better Function Government In Other Words Institutions Legitimate Other People Private Private Sector Sector Superior Than Too Words

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