“States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers.” (Plato, The Republic)
"Democracy’s the worst of all systems of government, except for all the others.” (Winston Churchill)
"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." (Plato)
“Freedom can not be given, it can only be taken away.” (David Allen Coe)
“When the people fear the government, there is TYRANNY; when the government fears the people, there is LIBERTY.” — Thomas Jefferson
Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual - or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.” — Governor Samuel Adams (Signer of the Declaration)
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