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The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.
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 system of banking have[for]ever reprobated. I contemplate it as a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if not covered, will end in their destruction, which is already hit by the gamblers in corruption, and is sweeping away in its progress the fortunes and morals of our citizens.
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We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.
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Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
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My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
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We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities.
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Revenue on the consumption of foreign articles is paid cheerfully by those who can afford to add foreign luxuries to domestic comforts.
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We wish the happiness and prosperity of every nation.
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An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy.
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Neither believe nor reject any thing because any other person, or description of persons have rejected or believed it. Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven.
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Although our prospect is peace, our policy and purpose are to provide for defense by all those means to which our resources are competent.
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What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.
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the field of knolege is the common property of all mankind
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Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.
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It is an insult to our citizens to question whether they are rational beings or not, and blasphemy against religion to suppose it cannot stand the test of truth and reason.
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The human character, we believe, requires in general constant and immediate control to prevent its being biased from right by the seductions of self-love.
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All authority belongs to the people.
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The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
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Taste cannot be controlled by law.
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A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.
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There is not a single crowned head in Europe whose talents or merit would entitle him to be elected a vestryman by the people of any parish in America.
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