Quote by Thomas Jefferson
We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country. – Thomas Jefferson

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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. – Thomas Jefferson

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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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God
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. – Thomas Jefferson

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We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. – D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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Eighteen might look at thirty-four through a rising mist of adolescence; but twenty-two would see thirty-eight with discerning clarity. – Source Unknown

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Its all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date. – George Bernard Shaw

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My generation is not strong. My grandfather fought in World WarII.I had a panic attack during the series finale of Breaking Bad. – Matt Donaher

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You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the country. – Robert Frost

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Its silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas. – Ronald Reagan

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Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow. – Henry H. Haskins

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Yet some things you miss and some things you lose by keeping your arm outstretched. – Author Unknown

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