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"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time."
Summary View of the Rights of British America.
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"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
Declaration of Independence.
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"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."
Declaration of Independence.
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"We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour."
Declaration of Independence.
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"Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."
First Inaugural Address. March 4, 1801.
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"In the full tide of successful experiment."
First Inaugural Address. March 4, 1801.
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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 resignation, none."
Letter to Elias Shipman and others of New Haven, July 12, 1801.
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"When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property."
Life of Jefferson (Rayner), p. 356.
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"Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."
Notes on Virginia. Query xviii. Manners.
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