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I am a Christian in the only sense in which He wished anyone to be: sincerely attached to His doctrines in preference to all others.
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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In a virtuous and free state, no rewards can be so pleasing to sensible minds, as those which include the approbation of our fellow citizens. My great pain is, lest my poor endeavours should fall short of the kind expectations of my country.
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Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.
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I considered the British as our natural enemies, and as the only nation on earth who wished us ill from the bottom of their souls. And I am satisfied that were our continent to be swallowed up by the ocean, Great Britain would be in a bonfire from one end to the other.
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A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.
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It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself.
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Revenue on the consumption of foreign articles is paid cheerfully by those who can afford to add foreign luxuries to domestic comforts.
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The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
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Those who wish to be ignorant and free, believe in something that never was and never shall be.
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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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God grant that men of principle shall be our principal men.
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He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
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I trust there is not a young man now living in the United States who will not die a Unitarian.
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Everything yields to diligence.
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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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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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