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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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To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education. – Thomas Jefferson

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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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Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels – men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs. – E. W. Howe

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The idea that religion and politics dont mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country. – Jerry Falwell

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