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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of l

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. – Thomas Jefferson

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cool
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The purse of the people is the real seat of sensibility. Let it be drawn upon largely, and they will then listen to truths which could not excite them through any other organ. – Thomas Jefferson

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Taxes
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. – Thomas Jefferson

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Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of. – Ambrose Bierce

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A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once. – Phyllis Diller

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Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much. – Walter Lippmann

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Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving. – Henry Ford

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Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty. – Ron Paul

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Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, thats what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody. – Kirk Douglas

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Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, expels diseases, softens every pain, subdues the rage of poison, and the plague. – John Armstrong

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What the mind has forgotten, the body remembers long after. – Lilias Folan

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