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487My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson
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483An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. Thomas Jefferson
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486I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. Thomas Jefferson
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489All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Thomas Jefferson
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66A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities. Thomas Jefferson
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482A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference. Thomas Jefferson
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461Experience 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 Thomas Jefferson
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472Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. Thomas Jefferson
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85Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear. Thomas Jefferson
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479When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. Thomas Jefferson
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477A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks. Thomas Jefferson
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446When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. Thomas Jefferson
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460Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/thomas_jefferson.html#0p42A4Jw17gVvECw.99 Thomas Jefferson
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476But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. Thomas Jefferson
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495The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson
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88I 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. Thomas Jefferson
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490There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. Thomas Jefferson
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546I 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. Thomas Jefferson
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