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The olive tree is surely the richest gift of Heaven. I can scarcely expect bread.
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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Excessive taxation . . . will carry reason & reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election.
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In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty.
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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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Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day.
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