Quotemeal: Feb. 17th, 2009

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

"Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little."
— Warren G. Harding

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Illustration of Warren G. Harding — "Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little."

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