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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness beg

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. – Thomas Jefferson

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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way. – Thomas Jefferson

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How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened. – Thomas Jefferson

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No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. – Thomas Jefferson, letter, 1796

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As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you. – Abraham Lincoln

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The important thing today is not what we say of Lincoln but what Lincoln would say of us if he were here in this hour and could note the drift and tendency in American life and American politics. – Stephen Samuel Wise

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