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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created

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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Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. – Thomas Jefferson

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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. – 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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The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. – Jeremy Bentham

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Happiness is the only sanction of life where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. – George Santayana

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To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it. – Victor Hugo

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A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States. – James Madison

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Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy. – Rudy Giuliani

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The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success? – Larry Flynt

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Happiness is only real when shared. – Christopher McCandless

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But fame is theirs – and future days
On pillard brass shall tell their praise;
Shall tell – when cold neglect is dead –
These for their country fought and bled. – Philip Freneau

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