Quote by Thomas Jefferson
No government ought to be without censors and where the press is f

No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will. – 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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Religion
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A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government
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The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. – Thomas Jefferson

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Getting the government to put money into social programs run by religious institutions is a practice that started during the Clinton years, when Bill Clinton advocated the AmeriCorps program. – Tony Campolo

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Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts. – Chris Christie

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Government

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. – George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, “Maxims: Education,” 1905

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In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of the state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state. – Baron de Montesquieu

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When you say a man has guts, you say he has a soul. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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You know, I mean this sincerely, you know, Im so grateful that I get to get up in the morning and do this, you know, and write books. – Don Winslow

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