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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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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Hope
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It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own. – Thomas Jefferson

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Change
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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. – Thomas Jefferson

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In government you carry each hope each disillusion. And in politics its always about the next challenge. – Tony Blair

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In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents. – Walter Lippmann

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The corporations dont have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government. – Jim Hightower

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You cant have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government. – Lawrence Summers

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When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart. – John Bunyan

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Prayer

You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. Im not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice. – John Mellencamp

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If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already. – Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Take sips of this pure wine being poured. Don’t mind that you’ve been given a dirty cup. – Rumi

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