The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. — Quoted

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“The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.”

Thomas Jefferson · War

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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 believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

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Thomas Jefferson

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

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Thomas Jefferson

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

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