Famous quotes containing the words states, government and/or printing:
“On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)
“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men ... you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”
—James Madison (17511836)
“Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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