Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside enemy.

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Today the family is being attacked and defended with equal vehemence.

Today the family is being attacked and defended with equal vehemence.

Film then does not promote socialist revolution in any consistent way.

Film then does not promote socialist revolution in any consistent way.

Film, therefore, is part of society, not distant from it, easy to experience for people...

Film, therefore, is part of society, not distant from it, easy to experience for people...

So begins a question which has of late become more and more urgent: what is...

So begins a question which has of late become more and more urgent: what is...

Terrorism is in good part an effect of government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention...

Terrorism is in good part an effect of government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention...

If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or...

If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or...

Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.

Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.

Nations are equal in respect to each other, and entitled to claim equal consideration for...

Nations are equal in respect to each other, and entitled to claim equal consideration for...

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...

Yes! you are the ruin--the ruin--the ruin--of me. I have no resources in myself, I...

Yes! you are the ruin--the ruin--the ruin--of me. I have no resources in myself, I...

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers...

The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

I consider all proposals for government action with an open mind before voting no.

I consider all proposals for government action with an open mind before voting no.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies...

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies...

I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general...

I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general...

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.