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Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our gov

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government. – Thomas Jefferson

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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. – 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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The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men. – James Bryce

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Morphine and state relief are the same. You go dopey, feel better and are worse off. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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The government must always be a step ahead of the popular movement. – Count Boytzwnburg

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Its not tyranny we desire its a just, limited, federal government. – Alexander Hamilton

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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. – Andre Gide

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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. – Pliny the Younger, Letters

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