"I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues."
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"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.“
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
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