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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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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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power
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Thomas Jefferson
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Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? – Thomas Jefferson

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Friendship
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Thomas Jefferson
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Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society. – David Korten

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Society

If you say, Im for equal pay, thats a reform. But if you say. Im a feminist, thats a transformation of society. – Gloria Steinem

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Society

Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand. – Karl Marx

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Society

Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight. – Naomi Wolf

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Husbands are like fires. They go out when unattended. – Zsa Zsa Gabor

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Freedom from fear could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. – Dag Hammarskjold

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Love is being stupid together. – Paul Valery

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Love

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. – H.L. Mencken

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