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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 spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. – Thomas Jefferson

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My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! – Thomas Jefferson

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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. – Thomas Jefferson

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A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares. – Elbert Hubbard

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At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. – Thomas Tusser

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The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever. – Paulo Coelho

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