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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

~Alexander Hamilton

Topics: Democracy Despotism Extremes Found Governments Liberty Moderate Neither Real

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The Internet is too transformative for incumbents to not want to try to stifle or curb it - incumbents in the sense of multinational corporations, governments, take your pick.

~Alexis Ohanian

Topics: Corporations Curb Governments Internet Multinational Pick Sense Stifle Take Too Transformative Try Want Your

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When the world changed, people were different. Towns closed, cities were boarded up, communities abandoned, their governments collapsed. They seemed to have no qualms that were obvious to you or me about walking away from what they called a useless pile of rubbish, and never looking back.

~Alexis Wright

Topics: Abandoned About Away Back Changed Cities Closed Collapsed Communities Different Governments Looking Looking Back Me Never Obvious People Pile Rubbish Seemed Towns Up Useless Walking Were World You

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The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy.

~Algernon Sidney

Topics: Aristocracy Best Bin Composed Democracy Governments Monarchy World

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Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don't do that, we really deserve the world we get.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Act Artists Deserve Fail Get Governments Really Responsibility Speak World

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It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them.

~Alva Myrdal

Topics: Access Arms Countries Dangerous Governments Greatest Importance Many More Nuclear Ours People Possess Realize Should Than Them

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The first piece of advice I would have from my experience is that governments need to be vocal about human rights.

~Amal Clooney

Topics: About Advice Experience First Governments Human Human Rights Need Piece Rights Vocal Would

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Many, including the Canadian and U.S. governments, try to provide family support while also maintaining a hard line about further fuelling terrorism and hostage-taking through ransom payments ... Still, try telling that to a mother, or a father, or a husband or wife caught in the powerless agony of standing by.

~Amanda Lindhout

Topics: About Agony Also Canadian Caught Family Father Further Governments Hard Husband Including Line Maintaining Many Mother Payments Powerless Provide Standing Still Support Telling Terrorism Through Try While Wife

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Governments can no longer control 100 percent of the story. Time and geographical boundaries disappear. In places like China and all over the Middle East, social-media outlets are being used to expose and hold accountable public officials that don't want to be held accountable for corruption and human rights abuses.

~Amy Jo Martin

Topics: Abuse Accountable Being Being Used Boundaries China Control Corruption Disappear East Expose Geographical Governments Held Hold Human Human Rights Like Longer Middle Middle East Officials Outlets Over Percent Places Public Rights Story Time Used Want

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We're not going to meddle in the internal life of other peoples and other governments, because we don't want them meddling in ours.

~Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Topics: Because Going Governments Internal Life Meddle Meddling Other Ours People Them Want

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