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Thomas Jefferson1743–1826

We, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the Rectitude of our Intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly Publish and Declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be, Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political Connection between them and the State of Great-Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved

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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 do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
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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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To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
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Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing…after they have exhausted all other possibilities.
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No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
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