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“Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.”

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

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“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”

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Howard Zinn quotes (American Historian, Author, Professor and Political activist, b.1922)

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“That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.”

Henry David Thoreau quotes (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862)

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

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

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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.”

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.”

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

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“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government”

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

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“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.”

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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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“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to = remain silent.”

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

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“A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.”

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

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