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“No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will.”

Thomas Jefferson · Government

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Thomas Jefferson

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.

Government

Thomas Jefferson

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

War

Thomas Jefferson

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

Beauty

Thomas Jefferson

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Attitude