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" The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force. "

Thomas Jefferson

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" I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. "

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" None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important. "

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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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" A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. "

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" It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape. "

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" If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour? "

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" But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. "

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" One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more. "

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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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" Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. "

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" In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also. "

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" Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind. "

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" I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too. "

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" I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. "

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