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" There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. "

Thomas Jefferson

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" Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. "

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" Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. "

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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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" The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory. "

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" I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us. "

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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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" My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. "

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" An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. "

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" We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "

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" It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read. "

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