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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and governm

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. – Thomas Jefferson

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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. – Thomas Jefferson

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As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. – Thomas Jefferson

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I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I dont think it is the governments rule. – Arlen Specter

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The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived. – James Madison

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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. – Lord Acton, letter to Mary Gladstone, 24 April 1881

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History tells us that America does best when the private sector is energetic and entrepreneurial and the government is attentive and engaged. Who among us, really, would, looking back, wish to edit out either sphere at the entire expense of the other? – Jon Meacham

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The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second. – Ludwig Quidde

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You know, sitting in the car when they got back in and – first of all, it was relief. I was not – there were two get away cars or switch cars they were called. And, you know, the group tended to include everyone. – Patty Hearst

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