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I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

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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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One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
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Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.
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Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight.
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If science produces no better fruits than tyranny... I would rather wish our country to be ignorant, honest and estimable as our neighbouring savages are.
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Those who have once got an ascendancy, and possessed themselves of all the resources of the nation, their revenues and offices, have immense means for retaining their advantage.
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It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation.
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