Famous quotes containing the words states, government and/or printing:
“An ... important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)
“Frankly, Id like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.”
—Joseph Heller (b. 1923)
“Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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