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The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.

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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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To make us one nation as to foreign concerns, and keep us distinct in Domestic ones gives the outline of the proper division of powers between the general [national] and particular [state] governments.
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In reviewing the history of the times through which we have passed, no portion of it gives greater satisfaction or reflection, than that which represents the efforts of the friends of religious freedom and the success with which they are crowned.
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I deny the power of the general government to making paper money, or anything else a legal tender.
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Knowing that religion does not furnish grosser bigots than law, I expect little from old judges.
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We are sensible of the duty and expediency of submitting our opinions to the will of the majority, and can wait with patience till they get right if they happen to be at any time wrong.
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So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
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I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the latter in the being worshipped by many who think themselves Christians.
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Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.
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It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.
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May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.
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The precepts of philosophy and of the Hebrew code, laid hold of actions only. (Jesus) pushed his scrutinies into the heart of man, erected his tribunal in the regions of his thoughts, and purified the waters at the fountain head.
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We think, in America, that it is necessary to introduce the people into every department of government, as far as they are capable of exercising it, and that this is the only way to ensure a long continued and honest administration of its powers.
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Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.
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The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.
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Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.
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