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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part. – Thomas Jefferson

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The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. – Thomas Jefferson

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good
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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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alone
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A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity, that ever were written. – Thomas Jefferson

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Daughters
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Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. – James Russell Lowell

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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. – Jonathan Swift

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As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters – some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home – seem more determined to prevent that happening. – Lucy Powell

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Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule. – Gerald R. Ford

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There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way. – John Drinkwater

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In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth? – Carl Rogers

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Many a time freedom has been rolled back – and always for the same sorry reason: fear. – Molly Ivins

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