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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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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. – Thomas Jefferson

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War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. – Thomas Jefferson

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The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect. – Sam Ewing

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By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate. – John Podhoretz

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The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making it more like the post office, its by making it more like a consumer-driven market. – Mitt Romney

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Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits. – Dale Dauten

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I dont deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world. – William Hague

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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. – Carl Sagan

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But when youre deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and its amazing. – Wole Soyinka

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