A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
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If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained Those by death are few by resignations, none. Usually quoted Few die and none resign.Thomas Jefferson
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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I sincerely believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. The issuing powers should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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