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  Q[  1]='<B>An emperor knows how to govern when poets are free to make verses, people to '
        +'act plays, historians to tell the truth, ministers to give advice, the poor to '
        +'grumble at taxes, students to learn lessons aloud, workmen to praise their '
        +'skill and seek work, people to speak of anything, and old men to find fault '
        +'with everything.&nbsp; <DIV ALIGN=Right>(Address of the Duke of Shao to King '
        +'Li-Wang, ca 845 B.C.)</DIV>'
  A[  1]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Durant>Will Durant</A> &nbsp;(1885–1981)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Civilization>The Story of Civilization</A>" 1&nbsp;(11), Our Oriental Heritage, 1935'

  Q[  2]='<B>Oppressive government is fiercer than a tiger.'
  A[  2]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius>Confucius</A> &nbsp;(551–479 BC)'

  Q[  3]='<B>Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.'
  A[  3]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallust>Sallust</A> &nbsp;(86–34 BC)'

  Q[  4]='<B>The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.'
  A[  4]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus>Tacitus</A> &nbsp;(AD 56–115)'

  Q[  5]='<B>The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles '
        +'on which it was founded.'
  A[  5]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montesquieu>Montesquieu</A> &nbsp;(1689–1755)'

  Q[  6]='<B>In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible '
        +'from one party of the citizens to give to the other.'
  A[  6]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire>Voltaire</A> &nbsp;(1694–1778)'

  Q[  7]='<B>The eyes of mankind will be upon you to see whether the Government, which is '
        +'now more popular than it has been for many years past, will be productive of '
        +'more virtue moral and political.&nbsp; We may look up to Armies for our '
        +'Defense, but Virtue is our best Security.&nbsp; It is not possible that any '
        +'State should long remain free, where Virtue is not supremely honored.'
  A[  7]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams>Samuel Adams</A> &nbsp;(1722–1803)'

  Q[  8]='<B>The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.'
  A[  8]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington>George Washington</A> &nbsp;(1732–1799)'

  Q[  9]='<B>Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force.&nbsp; Like fire, '
        +'it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.'
  A[  9]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington>George Washington</A> &nbsp;(1732–1799)'

  Q[ 10]='<B>It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that '
        +'every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a '
        +'proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense '
        +'of it.'
  A[ 10]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington>George Washington</A> &nbsp;(1732–1799)'

  Q[ 11]='<B>Government governed least is government governed best.'
  A[ 11]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson>Thomas Jefferson</A> &nbsp;(1743–1826)'

  Q[ 12]='<B>I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government.&nbsp; It is '
        +'always oppressive.'
  A[ 12]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson>Thomas Jefferson</A> &nbsp;(1743–1826)'

  Q[ 13]='<B>The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain '
        +'ground.'
  A[ 13]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson>Thomas Jefferson</A> &nbsp;(1743–1826)'

  Q[ 14]='<B>When the government fears the people, there is liberty.&nbsp; When the people '
        +'fear the government, there is tyranny.'
  A[ 14]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson>Thomas Jefferson</A> &nbsp;(1743–1826)'

  Q[ 15]='<B>A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own '
        +'pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of '
        +'labor and bread it has earned — this is the sum of good government.'
  A[ 15]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson>Thomas Jefferson</A> &nbsp;(1743–1826)'

  Q[ 16]='<B>Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people '
        +'alone.&nbsp; The people themselves are its only safe depositories.'
  A[ 16]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson>Thomas Jefferson</A> &nbsp;(1743–1826)'

  Q[ 17]='<B>I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people '
        +'themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their '
        +'control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, '
        +'but to inform their discretion by education.&nbsp; What is necessary to make '
        +'us a happy and prosperous people?&nbsp; A wise and frugal government, which '
        +'shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise '
        +'free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not '
        +'take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.'
  A[ 17]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson>Thomas Jefferson</A> &nbsp;(1743–1826)'

  Q[ 18]='<B>The preservation of a free government requires not merely, that the metes and '
        +'bounds which separate each department of power be invariably maintained; but '
        +'more especially that neither of them be suffered to overleap the great Barrier '
        +'which defends the rights of the people.'
        +'<BR><BR>The Rulers who are guilty of such an encroachment, exceed the commission from '
        +'which they derive their authority and are Tyrants.&nbsp; The people who submit '
        +'to it are governed by laws made neither by themselves nor by an authority '
        +'derived from them, and are slaves.'
  A[ 18]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison>James Madison</A> &nbsp;(1751–1836)'

  Q[ 19]='<B>Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of '
        +'authority.&nbsp; It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made '
        +'to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions.&nbsp; There are '
        +'men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern.&nbsp; They '
        +'promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.'
  A[ 19]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Webster>Noah Webster</A> &nbsp;(1758–1843)'

  Q[ 20]='<B>The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member '
        +'of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to '
        +'others.&nbsp; His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient '
        +'warrant.'
  A[ 20]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill>John Stuart Mill</A> &nbsp;(1806–1873)'

  Q[ 21]='<B>If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never '
        +'regain their respect and esteem.&nbsp; It is true that you may fool all the '
        +'people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; '
        +'but you can\'t fool all of the people all the time.'
  A[ 21]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln>Abraham Lincoln</A> &nbsp;(1809–1865)'

  Q[ 22]='<B>Liberty never came from government.&nbsp; The history of liberty is a history '
        +'of resistance.&nbsp; The history of liberty is a history of limitations of '
        +'governmental power, not the increase of it.'
  A[ 22]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson>Woodrow Wilson</A> &nbsp;(1856–1924)<BR>&nbsp;(Speech in New York, September 9, 1912)'

  Q[ 23]='<B>Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of '
        +'sin and woe.&nbsp; No one pretends that democracy is perfect or '
        +'all-wise.&nbsp; Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of '
        +'government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to '
        +'time.'
  A[ 23]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill>Winston Churchill</A> &nbsp;(1874–1965)<BR><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansard>Hansard</A>, November 11, 1947'

  Q[ 24]='<B>The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.'
  A[ 24]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Mencken>Henry Mencken</A> &nbsp;(1880–1956)'

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