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I never saw an instance of one or two disputants convincing the other by argument.
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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Nothing can now be believed that is seen in a newspaper.
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I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. He is the most unfit man I know for such a place.
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letters are not the first, but the last step in the progression from barbarism to civilisation.
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Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself.
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One precedent in favor of power is stronger than a hundred against it.
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Congress has scarcely any thing to employ them, and complain that the place [Washington, D.C.] is remarkably dull.
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Where thought is free in its range, we need never fear to hazard what is good in itself.
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The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
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Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.
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If you have any duty which must be done, and it seems disagreeable, do it promptly and have it over.
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