“The Founders conceived government as the servant, not the master of the individual.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Remarks to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/education/bsa/citizenship_merit_badge/speeches/address_convention_hall.pdf (31 January 1962)
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