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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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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. – Thomas Jefferson

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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape. – Thomas Jefferson

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It was pride that changed angels into devils it is humility that makes men as angels. – Saint Augustine

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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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It doesnt take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle. – Norman Schwarzkopf

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If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women. – Jack Nicholson

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