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Man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.
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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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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We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.
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I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points of liberty and despotism, something will be gained for the former. As men become better informed, their rulers must respect them the more.
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There is no King, who, with sufficient force, is not always ready to make himself absolute.
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One man with courage is a majority.
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The trifling economy of paper, as a cheaper medium, or its convenience for transmission, weighs nothing in opposition to the advantages of the precious metals it is liable to be abused, has been, is, and forever will be abused, in every country in which it is permitted.
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Principle will, in... most... cases open the way for us to correct conclusion.
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A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.
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A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate.
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It is not the policy of the government in America to give aid to works of any kind. They let things take their natural course without help or impediment, which is generally the best policy.
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The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government
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Dependence begets subservience and paves the way for tyranny.
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