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The art of printing secures us against the retrogradation of reason and information.
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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In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
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The Governor would serve a five-year term and be ineligible for reelection.
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The variety of opinions leads to questions. Questions lead to truth.
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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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To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself.
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Our Constitution... has not left the religion of its citizens under the power of its public functionaries, were it possible that any of these should consider a conquest over the conscience of men either attainable or applicable to any desirable purpose.
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In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty.
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If there is a gratification which I envy any people in this world it is to your country [Italy] its music. This is the favorite passion of my soul, and fortune has cast my lot in a country where it is in a state of deplorable barbarism.
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The purpose of establishing different houses of legislation is to introduce the influence of different interests or different principles.
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It is while we are young that the habit of industry is formed. If not then, it never is afterwards. The fortune of our lives therefore depends on employing well the short period of our youth.
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