"So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done."
-Thomas Jefferson
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"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.“
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"Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival."
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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."
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"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
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"War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses."
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"I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another."
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"There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good."
-Jude Law
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"God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God."
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"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true."
-Lenny Kravitz
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"Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good."
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"Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline."
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"It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core."
-Phyllis Diller
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