John Howard/federal Treasurer 1977-1983

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    “It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.”
    —Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801–1890)

    “The scope of modern government in what it can and ought to accomplish for its people has been widened far beyond the principles laid down by the old “laissez faire” school of political rights, and the widening has met popular approval.”
    —William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

    “Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This is why most news about government sounds as if it were federally mandated—serious, bulky and blandly worthwhile, like a high-fiber diet set in type.”
    —P.J. (Patrick Jake)