Quote by Thomas Jefferson
My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings t

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! – Thomas Jefferson

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The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world. – Thomas Jefferson

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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor. – Thomas Jefferson

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He loves his country best who strives to make it best. – Robert G. Ingersoll

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. – Elmer Davis

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. – Cynthia Ozick

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. – Author unknown, sometimes attributed to M.Grundler

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