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“Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.”
—Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (17671835)
“I cannot exaggerate the waste of the Presidents time and the consumption of his nervous vitality involved in listening to congressmens intercession as to local appointments. Why should the President have to have his time taken up in a discussion over ... who shall be the postmistress of Devils Lake, in North Dakota? How should he be able to know ... who is best fitted to fill such a place?”
—William Howard Taft (18571930)
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