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...a revolution of government is the strongest proof that can be given by a people of their virtue and good sense.
[ “Last words” :] Thomas Jefferson survives.
[ Statement made to Jonathan Sewall, 1774 :] Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country.
[ Upon moving into the new White House :] I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.
A boy of fifteen who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is a democrat at twenty. Quoted in Thomas Jefferson, Journal, Jan. 1799
A government of laws, and not of men.
A Pen is certainly an excellent Instrument, to fix a Mans Attention and to inflame his Ambition.
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