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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
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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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Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. – Thomas Jefferson

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power
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Thomas Jefferson
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There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world. – Thomas Jefferson

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Fear
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The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches the first prize. – Saul Bellow

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The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution. – John F. Kennedy

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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. – John F. Kennedy

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What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln

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My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. Listing what body parts he has broken – Jackie Chan

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