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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Thomas Jefferson

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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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Bold Courage Fear Honesty Knowledge Truth
Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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Dedication Hustle Inspirational One Liner Trouble
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
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Body Enlight Mind People Spirit
We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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Country Government Majority Participate Politics
Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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Dispute Forgiveness Inspirational Let Go One Liner Please
History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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Bad Government History Politics
Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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Authority Exist Leaving People Responsible
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
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Atmosphere Government Liberty Resistance Spirit Storm
We never repent of having eat too little.
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Eat Food Inspirational One Liner Simplicity Weight Loss
I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Alone One Liner Reflect Solitude Thinking Travel
I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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Freedom Future Government Happiness People Politics
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.
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Believe Government History Ignorance People Religious
When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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Fear Government Liberty People Politics
No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Freedom Ignorant One Liner Peace People
Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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Courtesy Hurt One Liner Respect Trouble Yourself
How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
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Blessing Country Enjoyment Freedom Liberty People
Take things always by their smooth handle.
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Courtesy Gratitude Handle One Liner Respect
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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DAngry Escape Guilty Justice Law Punishment
The dead should not rule the living.
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Dead Deep Government Live Politics Rule
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
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Disease Doctor Future Human Medicine Prevention
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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Calm Courage Liberty Men Prefer Time
The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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Economy Liberty Politics Sea Wave
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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Action Be Yourself Confidence Inspirational Positive
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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Alone Freedom Government Need Support Truth
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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DAngry Deep Freedom One Liner Peace Slavery
To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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Believe Fund Government Ideas Man Money
I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it’s laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another.
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Earth Generation Independence Judgement Nation Politics

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