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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the go

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

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The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. – Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson
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The purse of the people is the real seat of sensibility. Let it be drawn upon largely, and they will then listen to truths which could not excite them through any other organ. – Thomas Jefferson

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In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil. – Anna Jameson

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People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way thats not fair. I think that there is still a need for a dialogue about things racial that weve not engaged in. – Eric Holder

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So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes. – Steve Irwin

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Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream. – Paulo Coelho

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