Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government w

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. – Thomas Jefferson

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The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. – Thomas Jefferson

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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

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My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. – Thomas Jefferson

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Americans no longer look to government for economic security rather, they look to their portfolios. – Bill Owens

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For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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The Bible must be considered as the great source of all the truth by which men are to be guided in government as well as in all social transactions. – Noah Webster

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All that a good government aims at… is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities. – James F. Cooper

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Book lovers never go to bed alone. – Author unknown

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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce

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Im actually graduating early. I got a lot of work done already. Being home schooled, I have had a lot of tutors help me. – Miley Cyrus

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Death is the king of this world: Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. – George Eliot

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