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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1743
Born: April 2
Died: 1826
Died: July 4
3Rd U.S. President
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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.
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It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.
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