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Quote by Edwin Meese III

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The idea that the police cannot ask questions of the person that knows most about...

The idea that the police cannot ask questions of the person that knows most about...

A Supreme Court decision does not establish a supreme law of the land that is...

A Supreme Court decision does not establish a supreme law of the land that is...

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own...

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own...

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to...

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to...

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so...

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so...

Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that...

Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go...

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go...

All systems are capitalist. It's just a matter of who owns and controls the capital...

All systems are capitalist. It's just a matter of who owns and controls the capital...

I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions.

I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions.

The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.

The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.

A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.

The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to...

The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to...

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state,...

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state,...

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the...

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the...