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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 Bible makes the best people in the world.
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God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion... We have had thirteen States independent for eleven years. There has been one rebellion. That comes to one rebellion in a century and a half, for each State. What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion.
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The firmness with which the (American) people have withstood the... abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false and to form a correct judgment between them.
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It should be remembered, as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute also.
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The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights.
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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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We wish the happiness and prosperity of every nation.
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Gaming corrupts our disposition and teaches us a habit of hostility against all mankind.
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Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself.
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The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.
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Many are the exercises of power reserved to the States wherein a uniformity of proceeding would be advantageous to all. Such are quarantines, health laws, regulations of the press, banking institutions, training militia, etc., etc.
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The olive tree is surely the richest gift of Heaven. I can scarcely expect bread.
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A noiseless course, not meddling with the affairs of others, unattractive of notice, is a mark that society is going on in happiness. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.
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Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.
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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.
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I trust there is not a young man now living in the United States who will not die a Unitarian.
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Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to them.
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Trial by jury is part of that bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
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