Thomas Jefferson
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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

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Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.

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A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

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Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.

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A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

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Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

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Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

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