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There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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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It look like the lord just work for wite folks cause ever sens i wasn nothin but a litle boy i been on my on haulin water to the fiel on that ol water cart wit all them dime bukets an that dipper just hittin an old dorthy just trottin and trottin an me up their hittin her wit that rope.
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A government is republican in proportion as every member composing it has his equal voice in the direction of its concerns, not indeed in person, which would be impracticable beyond the limits of a city or small township, but by representatives chosen by himself and responsible to him at short periods.
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An hereditary aristocracy... will change the form of our governments from the best to the worst in the world.
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Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission.
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I know nothing more important to inculcate into the minds of young people than the wisdom, the honor, and the blessed comfort of living within their income.
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We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.
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I considered the British as our natural enemies, and as the only nation on earth who wished us ill from the bottom of their souls. And I am satisfied that were our continent to be swallowed up by the ocean, Great Britain would be in a bonfire from one end to the other.
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Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object.
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In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all.
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Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.
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The general (federal) government will tend to monarchy, which will fortify itself from day to day, instead of working its own cures.
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All persons shall have full and free liberty of religious opinion nor shall any be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious institution.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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While old men feel sensibly enough their own advance in years, they do not sufficiently recollect it in those whom they have seenyoung.
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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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Love your neighbor as yourself and your country more than yourself.
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I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government I mean an additional article taking from the Federal Government the power of borrowing.
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