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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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Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted. – Thomas Jefferson

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Peace
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Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. – Thomas Jefferson

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alone
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I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. – Thomas Jefferson

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Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed. – Paul Tsongas

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Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else. – Nicolas Walter, About Anarchism

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Because of our Congressional committee system, our government is closer to a gerontocracy than a democracy. – Charles Frankel

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There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. – Andrew Jackson

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No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto. – W. Clement Stone

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We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis. – Jeb Bush

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I made that decision back in 1985. I was out here getting certified in SCUBA with Garcia in Kona and I thought to myself, this is a place to wake up in in the morning. – Bill Kreutzmann

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Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable. – Anon.

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