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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. – Thomas Jefferson

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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government
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Thomas Jefferson
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If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government
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We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope. – Epictetus

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Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained. – Seamus Heaney

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Hope

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. – Alexander Pope

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Hope

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and well go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on. – Warren Buffett

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It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of the biological world could be ascribed to the elegant principle of natural selection. – Michael Behe

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I definitely think what drives technology companies is the people because in a technology company its always about what are you going to do next. – Marissa Mayer

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Unhappiness is something we are never taught about we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesnt arrive. – Doug Coupland

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My focus as part of the leadership is to keep talking about the independent voters, independent voters – how do we get the independent voters back? – Henry Cuellar

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