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Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.
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 should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most.
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If I had to choose between government and a free press, I would choose a free press.
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The plough is to the farmer what the wand is to the sorcerer. Its effect is really like sorcery.
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No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the former only. If our government ever fails, it will be from this weakness.
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He who lights his [candle] at mine receives light without darkening me.
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When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.
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The opinions of men should not be the object of any government. Our civil rights are no more dependent on our religious beliefs than they are dependent upon our thoughts about geometry or physics!
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