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“At the beginning of his administration, Obama homed right in on Medicare, which he wanted to fix by reducing the overall cost of health care in this country. He risked everything - some would claim he lost everything - by being so single-minded.”

Quote by Gail Collins

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Gail Collins is an American journalist and author, born on November 25, 1945. She is renowned for her column at The New York Times, where she writes on politics and culture. Collins has also penned several books on American history and politics, making significant contributions to the field of journalism. more

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Book:The American Crisis

Source: The American Crisis

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Book:The federalist papers

Source: The federalist papers

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Book:The Patriot's Monitor: Or, Speeches and Addresses of the Late George Washington

Source: The Patriot's Monitor: Or, Speeches and Addresses of the Late George Washington

“The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.”

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Book:Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States

Source: Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States

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Book:The federalist papers

Source: The federalist papers

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Book:The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States

Source: The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States

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Author:Calvin Coolidge

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“One insidious practice which sugar-coats the dose of Federal intrusion is the division of expense . . .”

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“The most that the Convention could do in such a situation, was to avoid the errors suggested by the past experience of other countries, as well as of our own; and to provide a convenient mode of rectifying their own errors, as future experience may unfold them.”

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Book:The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788

Source: The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788