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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 may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country. – Thomas Jefferson

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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. – Abraham Lincoln

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I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men. – David Bailey

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Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens. – Daniel Webster

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A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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