A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

Thomas Jefferson in Letter to James Madison (1787)
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost.

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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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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

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The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.

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The tree of Liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.

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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.

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The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.

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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

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