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Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not co

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. – Thomas Jefferson

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Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. – Thomas Jefferson

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power
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Thomas Jefferson
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Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. – Thomas Jefferson

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Freedom
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Thomas Jefferson
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We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Trade (import / export)

This instinctive repulsion which tradespeople inspire in men of sensitive feeling is one of the very rare consolations for being so impoverished which are given to those of us who dont sell anything to anybody. – Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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Trade (import / export)

The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Trade (import / export)

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God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide. – Rebecca West

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Censorship

In time it will become clear to everyone that support for the policies of pre-emptive war and interventionist nation-building will have much greater significance than the removal of Saddam Hussein itself. – Ron Paul

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Time

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them. – Virginia Woolf

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Money

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the trees inclined. – Alexander Pope

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Education