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Thomas Jefferson Quotes: All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief with chains of the Constitution.
         

All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief with chains of the Constitution.


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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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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

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The government you elect is the government you deserve.

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