Thomas Jefferson

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"Every man has two countries: his own and France."	Men
"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object."	Freedom, Friends, Government
"The bulk of mankind are schoolboys through life."	Education, Life, Men
"Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence ... too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment."	Age, Knowledge, Men
"When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred."	Anger
"The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper."	Art, Honesty, Men
"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost."	Freedom, Liberty
"Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom."	Books, Honesty, Knowledge
"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances."	Age
"He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad."	Evil, Good, Happiness
"The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it."	Beauty, Men
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."	Freedom, Liberty, Men
"I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."	Age, Evil, Politics
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time."	Freedom, Liberty, Life
"Delay is preferable to error."	Ability
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."	Excellence, Lies
"No more good must be attempted than the people can bear."	Evil
"No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it...To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends."	Friends, Men, Sin
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."	Miscellaneous
"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."	Accomplishment, Achievement, Art
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Difficulty	Dreams	Duty
Economics	Education	Equality
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Faith	Family	Fear
Freedom	Friends	Goals
God	Good	Government
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Life	Men	Military
Miscellaneous	Monarchy	Money
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Responsibility	School	Sin
Sleeping	Strength	Success
Talent	Taxes	Teaching
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