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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion. – Thomas Jefferson

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever. – Thomas Jefferson

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It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. – Thomas Jefferson

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We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children. – Iain Duncan Smith

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The question I asked Georges has now become a general one – You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers. – Abbe Pierre

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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. – Roland Barthes

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