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Nothing betrays imbecility so much as the being insensible of it.
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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No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson
So, ask the travelled inhabitant of any nation, in what country on earth would you rather live? — Certainly, in my own, where are all my friends, my relations, and the earliest and sweetest affections and recollections of my life. Which would be your second choice? France.
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Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under protection of habeas corpus and trial by juries impartially selected, these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
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Planting is one of my great amusements, and even of those things which can only be for posterity, for a Septuagenary has no right to count on any thing but annuals.
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Our ancestors ... were laborers, not lawyers.
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If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.
Thomas Jefferson
Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.
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Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely gives him comfortable subsistence.
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One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.
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All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Every man has two countries: his own and France.
Thomas Jefferson
Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.
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The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follow that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression.
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The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights, and are the only instruments which can be used for their destruction. And certainly they would never consent to be so used were they not deceived. To avoid this they should be instructed to a certain degree.
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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The lamp of war is kindled here, not to be extinguished but by torrents of blood.
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History by apprising them [the people] of the past will enable them to judge of the future. . . . It will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men: it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume and knowing it, to defeat its views.
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When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles every other correction is either useless or a new evil.
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Paul was the first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus.
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The Christian religion is the best religion that has ever been given to man
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