Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with th

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. – Thomas Jefferson

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Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital. – 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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God
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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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The Internet didnt get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. – Barack Obama

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An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. – Confucius

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I dont make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. – Will Rogers

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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. – Otto von Bismarck

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