Because of our Congressional committee system, our government is closer to a gerontocracy than a democracy.

Quote by Charles Frankel

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Anxiety is the essential condition of intellectual and artistic creation

Anxiety is the essential condition of intellectual and artistic creation

This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the...

This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the...

There is a direct link between the federal tax cut of 2001 and state tax...

There is a direct link between the federal tax cut of 2001 and state tax...

It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is...

It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is...

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to...

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to...

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.

I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe... Our destruction, should it...

I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe... Our destruction, should it...

The best government is the one that charges you the least blackmail for leaving you...

The best government is the one that charges you the least blackmail for leaving you...

Government must help to eliminate cars so that bicycles can help to eliminate government.

Government must help to eliminate cars so that bicycles can help to eliminate government.

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad,...

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad,...

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage...

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage...

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements....

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements....

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

Than that of defrauding the government.

Than that of defrauding the government.

Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed...

Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed...

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest...

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest...

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that...

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that...

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To...

The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To...