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Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.

— Jesse Ventura I Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1999)

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The media today are controlled by the big corporations. It's all about ratings and money.

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Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

Given how many convicts awaiting capital punishment have been cleared because of DNA evidence, I no longer support the death penalty.

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Especially at these young ages, I call it brainwashing to make it mandatory to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

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The current use of the National Guard is wrong... These are men who did not sign up to go occupy foreign nations.

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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

Leon Trotsky The Revolution Betrayed (1936)

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

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