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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.

Thomas Jefferson

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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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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. 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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