"Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely borne."

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I leave to others the sublime delights of riding in the storm, better pleased with sound sleep & a warmer berth below it encircled, with the society of neighbors, friends & fellow laborers of the earth rather than with spies & sycophants ... I have no ambition to govern men. It is a painful and thankless office.

— Thomas Jefferson