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I prefer to be remembered for what I have done for others, not what others have done for me.

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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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If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform.
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