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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 hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be. – Thomas Jefferson

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Hope
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Thomas Jefferson
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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. – Thomas Jefferson

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Knowledge
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Thomas Jefferson
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. – Thomas Jefferson

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Happiness
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This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. – Theodore Roosevelt

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I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House – with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined here alone. – John F. Kennedy, to his Nobel Prize-winning guests

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Presidents Day

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose. – Woodrow Wilson

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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. – Thomas Jefferson

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And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious. – John C. Ransom

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It may be that we shall, by a process of sublime irony, have reached a stage in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation. – Sir Winston Churchill

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Destruction

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I cant help it. Its the truth. – Charlie Chaplin

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I will never do another TV series. It couldnt top I Love Lucy, and Id be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off. – Lucille Ball

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