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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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It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. – 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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No good deed goes unpunished. – Clare Boothe Luce

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