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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

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Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. 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 blindfolded fear. – Thomas Jefferson

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Fear
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An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. – Thomas Jefferson

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Men
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The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. – Thomas Jefferson

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Family
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Work alone is noble. – Thomas Carlyle

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Its time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone. – Paul McCartney

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