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The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’

Author Greg RavenPosted on June 14, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories governmentTags Ronald Reagan

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“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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