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THOMAS JEFFERSON |
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An elective despotism was not the government we fought for. |
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. |
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If I could not go to Heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all. |
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I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more luck I have. |
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Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment. |
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Our liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. |
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Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations - entangling alliance with none. |
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. |
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Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? |
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. |
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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. |
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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. |
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Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching |
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