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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

Thomas Jefferson

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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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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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I cannot live without books.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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