Quote by Thomas Jefferson
A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every

A 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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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. – 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, and bearding every authority which stood in their way. – Thomas Jefferson

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And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader. – Rafik Hariri

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The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years. – Benjamin Netanyahu

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Say what you like about my bloody murderous government, I says, but dont insult me poor bleedin country. – Edward Abbey

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Im not driven to get back into politics. Its not on my top five things to do before I die, but saying that, I may be in politics in the next year or the next ten years. Ive been on the front line for 12 years, four in state government, eight on the national level. – J. C. Watts

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One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. – George Herbert

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The Divine Thing that made itself the foundation of the Church does not seem, to judge by his comments on the religious leadership of his day, to have hoped much from officers of a church. – Charles Williams

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If you want to be happy, be. – Leo Tolstoy

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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results. – Calvin Coolidge

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