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When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground.
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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All the world would be Christian if they were taught the pure Gospel of Christ!.
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no people can be both ignorant and free.
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Against us are all timid men who prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty We are likely to preserve the liberty we have obtained only by unremitting labors and perils.
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Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.
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For themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have they have right to hold.
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