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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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We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country. – Thomas Jefferson

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Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. – Thomas Jefferson

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Patriotism is easy to understand in America – it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. – Calvin Coolidge

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Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind. – Thomas Jefferson

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Humble birth did not retard his genius, nor high place corrupt his soul. – Cass Gilbert

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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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There is a big misconception about arranged marriage. Yes, it can mean that you meet someone and then have to marry them, but this was my mother saying, Im going to introduce you to so-and-so – If you dont like them, fair enough. – Archie Panjabi

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Time has convinced me of one thing. Television is for appearing on, not looking at. – Noel Coward, attributed

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I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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