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Those who wish to be ignorant and free, believe in something that never was and never shall be.
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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I do not believe war the most certain means of enforcing principles. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every nation, if undertaken in concert and in time of peace, are more likely to produce the desired effect.
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Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight.
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Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
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