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One should say, “Listen, government is my ally. They’re doing things for me, and I’ve got to work with them.”
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The quote urges people to view government as an ally rather than an opponent. It presents public institutions as doing things that benefit the individual, creating a reason to cooperate with them. The central idea is that working with government can be more useful than treating it with automatic suspicion.
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