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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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Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jefferson

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Attitude
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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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Men
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But their determination to banish fools foundered ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots. – Basil Bunting

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Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know its bold. Its out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background its hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government. – Newt Gingrich

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And I dont think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does, maybe your belief in God does, maybe theres another set of moral codes, but I dont think government has a role. – Clarence Thomas

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The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. – George Washington

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