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THOMAS JEFFERSON It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by who...
THOMAS JEFFERSON The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor...
THOMAS JEFFERSON To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful an...
THOMAS JEFFERSON Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to...
THOMAS JEFFERSON Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.
THOMAS JEFFERSON The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
THOMAS JEFFERSON