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I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
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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When virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it, and avarice possesses the whole community. The objects of their desires are changed what they were fond of before has become indifferent they were free while under the restraint of laws, but they would fain now be free to act against law.
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Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise, and the weather shall be little regarded. If the body is feeble, the mind will not be strong.
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I... [am] convinced [man] has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.
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I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
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If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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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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The lamp of war is kindled here, not to be extinguished but by torrents of blood.
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It is better to have no ideas than false ones.
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We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other.
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The main objects of all science, the freedom and happiness of man. . . . [are] the sole objects of all legitimate government. A plaque with this quotation, with the first phrase omitted, is in the stairwell of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.
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A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful Land, traversing all the seas with the rich production of their Industry.
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The great cause which divides our countries is not to be decided by individual animosities. The harmony of private societies cannot weaken national efforts.
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To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
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I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.
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Agriculture is at the same time the most tranquil, healthy, and independent occupation.
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The unsuccessful strugglers against tyranny have been the chief martyrs of treason laws in all countries.
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I am never tempted to pray but when a warm feeling for my friends comes athwart my heart.
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Nothing betrays imbecility so much as the being insensible of it.
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