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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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It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. – Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson
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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. – Thomas Jefferson

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Knowledge
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The mistakes made by Congress wouldnt be so bad if the next Congress didnt keep trying to correct them. – Cullen Hightower

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When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads. – Ron Paul

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One of those promises was to limit the size of government and to have the government serve the people – and not the other way around. – Scott Walker

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And heres the fact: the fact is it doesnt solve the problem. First of all, if you taxed these people at 100 percent, basically next year you said, Look, every penny you make next year the governments going to take it from you, it still doesnt solve the debt. – Marco Rubio

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Oxygen is overrated. – Author Unknown

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When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. – Abraham Lincoln

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Were born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that were not alone. – Orson Welles

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It is the fancy of every mortal that being cradled in the arms of mortality is a safe place for the time being. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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