Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless off

I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office. – Thomas Jefferson

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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. – Thomas Jefferson

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The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause. – Guru Nanak

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I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes. – Ernest Hemingway

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Observe all men, thyself most. – Benjamin Franklin

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What new technology does is create new opportunities to do a job that customers want done. – Tim OReilly

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Players: A vital part of any sporting event, they entertain the crowd in the intervals between timeouts so the cheerleaders can take a well-earned break. – Author Unknown

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Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action. – Mother Teresa

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I remember an article, I cant recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said that now the Wall was down, there could be no more class war. Only someone with money could ever say such a thing. – Claude Chabrol

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