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One war, such as that of our Revolution, is enough for one life.
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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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It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead.
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The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.
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Amplification is the vice of modern oratory.
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You see I am an enthusiast on the subject of the arts. But it is an enthusiasm of which I am not ashamed, as its object is to improve the taste of my countrymen, to increase their reputation, to reconcile to them the respect of the world, and procure them its praise.
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The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
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Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.
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Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day.
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Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for man to labor and live on. The small landowners are the most precious part of a state
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Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely gives him comfortable subsistence.
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The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years.
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While the principles of our Constitution give just latitude to inquiry, every citizen faithful to it will deem embodied expressions of discontent and open outrages of law and patriotism as dishonorable as they are injurious
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