Quote by Thomas Jefferson
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. – 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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We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country. – Thomas Jefferson

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May it please Heaven that his example shall continue to serve as a beacon to our Republics in their darkest moments of doubt and adversity. – Jorge Ubico

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A leader is a dealer in hope. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace. – Ulysses S. Grant

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He was a common man expanded into giant proportions; well acquainted with the people, he placed his hand on the beating pulse of the nation, judged of its disease and was ready with a remedy. – Joshua Speed

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In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. – Eric Hoffer

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