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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 tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever. – Thomas Jefferson

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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. – Thomas Jefferson

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We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country. – Thomas Jefferson

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The great citizen, the first-born son of the New World. – Simón Bolívar

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Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone – no ancestors, no fellows, no successors. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. – Theodore Roosevelt

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I suppose that leadership at one time meant muscle; but today it means getting along with people. – Indira Gandhi

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