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The opinions of men are not the object of civil government nor under its jurisdiction.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

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A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson asked himself In what country on earth would you rather live He first answered Certainly in my own where are all my friends my relations and the earliest and sweetest affections and recollections of my life. But he continued which would be your second choice His answer France.

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Power is not alluring to pure minds

-- Thomas Jefferson

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