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" Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do. "
Thomas Jefferson
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" If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. "
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" To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. "
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" The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. "
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" Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. "
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" Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear. "
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