Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. – Thomas Jefferson

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The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. – Thomas Jefferson

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Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. – Thomas Jefferson

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In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations. – Jeff Goodell

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Folks, this government isnt too big to fail, its too big to succeed. – Sarah Palin

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Government does not have a revenue problem government has a spending problem. Government does not have a revenue problem government has a priority problem. It is time that we begin to fine tune our focus and decide what the priority of government ought to be. – Marsha Blackburn

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From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence. – Tony Campolo

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It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder. – Joseph Wood Krutch

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Educations purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. – Malcolm Forbes

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I would say that the surest measure of a mans or a womans maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse. – Benjamin Spock

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While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing – good for our political culture. – Jon Meacham

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