"The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind."
― Thomas Jefferson
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Government
More From Thomas Jefferson
- "It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness."
- "For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security."
- "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
More In Government
- "Truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is."― Nadine Gordimer
- "I like women. I don’t understand them, but I like them."― Sean Connery
- "We’ve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are."― Jesse Jackson