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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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War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. – Thomas Jefferson

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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. – Francis of Assisi

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Fear is exciting for me. – Ayrton Senna

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It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment. – Giordano Bruno

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Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear. – Andrew Motion

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