I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office. — Quoted

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“I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office.”

Thomas Jefferson · Men

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Thomas Jefferson

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.

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Thomas Jefferson

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

War

Thomas Jefferson

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

God

Thomas Jefferson

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

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