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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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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor – over each other. – 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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I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. – Thomas Jefferson

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Conventional wisdom on governments role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax government transfer payments have become less progressive. – Paul Ryan

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To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places. – Wendell Phillips, Orations, Speeches, Lectures and Letters

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The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people. – William O. Douglas

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We have a government that borrows $4 billion a day. We have a government that owes trillions of dollars in debt, half of that to foreigners, most of that to Chinese investors. I dont – that is extreme. Not only is it extreme. Its insane and its unsustainable. – Marco Rubio

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