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The only thing a man can take beyond this lifetime is his ethics.
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 have sworn upon the altar of god.
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A professorship of Theology should have no place in our institution [the University of Virginia]
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A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working under ground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric. They are construing our constitution from a co-ordination of a general and special government to a general and supreme one alone.
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One generation cannot bind another.
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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
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In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all.
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An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies.
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Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.
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music, drawing, books, invention & exercise will be so many resources to you against ennui.
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I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old, from their native land and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries of comforts of life.
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Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences.
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That the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction and that a nullification, by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under colour of that instrument, is the rightful remedy.
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I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
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