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Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.
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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[If a book were] very innocent, and one which might be confided to the reason of any man not likely to be much read if let alone, but if persecuted, it will be generally read. Every man in the United States will think it a duty to buy a copy, in vindication of his right to buy and to read what he pleases.
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We think, in America, that it is necessary to introduce the people into every department of government, as far as they are capable of exercising it, and that this is the only way to ensure a long continued and honest administration of its powers.
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Nothing was or is farther from my intentions, than to enlist myself as the champion of a fixed opinion, where I have only expressed doubt.
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I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion without imputing to them criminality.
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Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous. . . .
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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
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The Christian god is a being of terrific character - cruel, vindictive, capricious and unjust.
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Our part is to pursue with steadiness what is right, turning neither to right nor left for the intrigues or popular delusions of the day, assured that the public approbation will in the end be with us.
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