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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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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is. – Thomas Jefferson

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Tranquility is the old mans milk. – Thomas Jefferson

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Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself. – Thomas Jefferson

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