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An individual, thinking himself injured, makes more noise than a State.
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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We never repent of having eaten too little.
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It is an essential attribute of the jurisdiction of every country to preserve peace, to punish acts in breach of it, and to restore property taken by force within its limits.
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I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play.
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The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.
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We must endeavor to forget our former love for them [the British] and to hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
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Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction.
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When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.
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Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.
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My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave consequences to him who has the disposal of them.
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Our ancestors ... were laborers, not lawyers.
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