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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.

Thomas Jefferson

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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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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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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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