"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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"When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.“
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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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"I love each and every one of you but, like my own family, you thrill, you frustrate, you anger."
-John Buchanan
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"Anger becomes limiting, restricting. You can't see through it. While anger is there, look at that, too. But after a while, you have to look at something else."
-Thylias Moss
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"As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex."
-Adam Sedgwick
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"Anger is seldom without argument but seldom with a good one."
-Lord Halifax
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"I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration."
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"In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. Yet, on the whole, our political process has served us well."
-Edmund S. Muskie
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