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The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follow that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression.
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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Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.
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Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now.
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