Thomas Jefferson's Quote - How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happen

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How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened. – Thomas Jefferson

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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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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. – Thomas Jefferson

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Presidents Day

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War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. – Thomas Jefferson

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