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Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 - 1826)
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My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society, to lessen the disposition to war; but of its abolition I despair.

Health is worth more than learning.

Never spend your money before you have it.

I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.



When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.

Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. 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 blindfolded fear.

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.

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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