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“If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.”

Thomas Jefferson quotes (American 3rd US President (1801-09). Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826)

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“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...”

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“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”

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“Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny”

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

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“Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.”

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“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.”

Thomas Jefferson quotes (American 3rd US President (1801-09). Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826)

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“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.”

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“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”

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“Every generation needs a new revolution.”

Thomas Jefferson quotes (American 3rd US President (1801-09). Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826)

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“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”

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