Quote by Thomas Jefferson
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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War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. – Thomas Jefferson

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It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. – Thomas Jefferson

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Im tired of hearing it said that democracy doesnt work. Of course it doesnt work. We are supposed to work it. – Alexander Woollcott

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Though the people support the government the government should not support the people. – Grover Cleveland

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I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues – Tories – in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. Im not a believer in laissez-faire. – Vince Cable

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It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States. – Andrew Jackson

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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything. – Oscar Wilde

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There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated. – Charles Dickens

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Do not miss your childrens childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. – Joe Scarborough

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