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Quotes

“The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can’t make anybody believe that he has it.” —Will Rogers

“If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for … but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.” — Robert Anson Heinlein

“Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.” — Frederic Bastiat

“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” — George Washington

“The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.” — George Washington