A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

Jeane Kirkpatrick
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  2. As the essence of courage is to stake one's life on a possibility, so the essence of faith is to believe the possibility exists. - William Salter
  3. I had my first amendment rights removed by a USA judge for a video that I recorded in the public sidewalk. The right to free speech and freedom of the press only partially exists in the USA. - Steven Magee
  4. Truth exists only lies are invented. - Georges Braque
  5. A government is not legitimate merely because it exists. - Jeane Kirkpatrick
More Quotes By Jeane Kirkpatrick
  1. History is a better guide than good intentions.
  2. Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom security and the enjoyment of opportunity.
  3. Freedom works.
  4. We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.
  5. A doctrine of class war seemed to provide a solution to the problem of poverty to people who know nothing about how wealth is created.
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