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Thomas Jefferson
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... the ground of liberty is gained by inches...we must be contented to secure what we can get, from time to time, and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. |
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I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. |
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My God! how little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy. |
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. |
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. |
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. |
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