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— Thomas Jefferson"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."
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We live in a new and exceptional age. America is another word for Opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of the Divine Providence in behalf of the human race; and a literal, slavish following of precedents, as by a justice of the peace, is not for those who at this hour lead the AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
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Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
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