"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."
-Thomas Jefferson
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"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.“
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"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."
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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."
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"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself."
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"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."
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"Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none."
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