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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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I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion. – Thomas Jefferson

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever. – Thomas Jefferson

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Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. – Kin Hubbard

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Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. – Winston Churchill

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I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing mens clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am. – Madeleine Albright

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Culture makes all men gentle. – Menander

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