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The failure of one thing is repaired by the success of another.
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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The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness.
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Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.
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I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom.
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An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies.
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Music...This is the favorite passion of my soul.
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Our duty to ourselves, to posterity, and to mankind, call on us by every motive which is sacred or honorable, to watch over the safety of our beloved country during the troubles which agitate and convulse the residue of the world, and to sacrifice to that all personal and local considerations.
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The clergy believe that any power confided in me will be exerted in opposition to their schemes, and they believe rightly.
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There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.
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We need a revolution every 20 years just to keep government honest.
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When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another, and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated.
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We figure great careers aren't made. They're experienced.
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Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war.
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Principle will, in... most... cases open the way for us to correct conclusion.
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My passion strengthens daily to quit political turmoil, and retire into the bosom of my family, the only scene of sincere and purehappiness.
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With respect to our State and federal governments, I do not think their relations correctly understood by foreigners. They generally suppose the former subordinate to the latter. But this is not the case. They are co-ordinate departments of one simple and integral whole.
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An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy.
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We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities.
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