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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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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.
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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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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!
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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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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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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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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