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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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Happiness
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Thomas Jefferson
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The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government
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Thomas Jefferson
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Americans no longer look to government for economic security rather, they look to their portfolios. – Bill Owens

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Government

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man. – Baron William Henry Beveridge

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Government

When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans. – Ron Paul

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Government

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates. – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Government

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Governments should not possess instruments of coercion and violence denied to their citizens. – Edgar A. Suter

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Passover and Easter are the only Jewish and Christian holidays that move in sync, like the ice skating pairs we saw during the winter Olympics. – Marvin Olasky

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Easter

An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce

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History

You can’t file a conversation. – P.C. Woodhull, c.1940s

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Business