Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the peo

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

Other quotes by Thomas Jefferson

Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear. – Thomas Jefferson

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Fear
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. – Thomas Jefferson

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Presidents Day
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Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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alone

Im vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way youd get any feedback. – Howard Hodgkin

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alone

You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies dont. – John Stossel

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alone

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality. – John Locke

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I wouldnt attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to go out and riot occasionally. – John Foster Dulles

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No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. – Voltaire

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Responsibility

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature. – Baruch Spinoza

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Nature

I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and Ive talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and thats the Hollywood car test. – Ryan Tedder

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