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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
The republican is the only form of government which is not eternal

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. – Thomas Jefferson

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Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. – Thomas Jefferson

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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. – Edmund Burke

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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? – St.Augustine

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