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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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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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Presidents Day
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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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Fear
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The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires. – Muqtada al Sadr

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Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts. – Chris Christie

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Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. – Theodore Roosevelt

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Lets just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it. – Nancy Pelosi

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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty I woke and found that life was duty. – George Byron

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I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph. – Margaret Thatcher

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I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society. – Alexis Korner

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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. – John Buchan

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