Outline of The Isle of Man - Government and Politics of The Isle of Man

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“The Government is able to afford a suitable army and a suitable navy. It may maintain them without the slightest danger to the Republic or the cause of free institutions, and fear of additional taxation ought not to change a proper policy in this regard.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

“It is so rare to meet with a man outdoors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands. Behind every man’s busy-ness there should be a level of undisturbed serenity and industry, as within the reef encircling a coral isle there is always an expanse of still water, where the depositions are going on which will finally raise it above the surface.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“We declare therefore, we declare simply this, that on the 20th of December, 1851,... M. Bonaparte put his hand into every man’s conscience, and robbed every man of his vote. Others filch handkerchiefs, he steals an Empire.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)