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The Earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.
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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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Too old to plant trees for my own gratification, I shall do it for my posterity.
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Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
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the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
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War is not the best engine for us to resort to nature has given us one in our commerce, which if properly managed, will be a better instrument for obliging the interested nations of Europe to treat us with justice.
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Don't spend your money till you have it.
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All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also.
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I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a tax on the health of our citizens.
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Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.
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If you have any duty which must be done, and it seems disagreeable, do it promptly and have it over.
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All authority belongs to the people.
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The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.
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Men fight for freedom then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves.
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A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.
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There is no King, who, with sufficient force, is not always ready to make himself absolute.
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We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, and not in conscience.
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The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
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And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
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Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
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