Quote by Thomas Jefferson
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The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. – Thomas Jefferson

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The purse of the people is the real seat of sensibility. Let it be drawn upon largely, and they will then listen to truths which could not excite them through any other organ. – Thomas Jefferson

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I 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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Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? – Thomas Jefferson

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My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true. – Lenny Kravitz

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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. – Samuel Johnson

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Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste. – Charles Bukowski

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When Im good Im very, very good, but when Im bad, Im better. – Mae West

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Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm. – William Wordsworth

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My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today. – Richard Adams

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Our budget works to reduce and eliminate the risk of attacks at our ports, rails, in the skies, our food supply and roads by allowing for increases in many of the programs and agencies to help protect these important areas of commerce and travel. – Jim Ryun

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