The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.
thomas jefferson
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Peace,commerce, and honest friendship with all nations entangling with none.
thomas jefferson
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We hold these truths to be self-evident ; that all men are created equal; that they are
thomas jefferson
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My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
thomas jefferson
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"I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy."
thomas jefferson
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"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."
thomas jefferson
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"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."
thomas jefferson
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"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."
thomas jefferson
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"I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others."
thomas jefferson
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"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."
thomas jefferson
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"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."
