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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.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
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“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” ~ Ronald Reagan
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“Governments stand because people sit; if people stand, governments will sit!” ~ Mehmet Murat ildan
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“Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.” ~ Laurence J. Peter
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“An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.” ~ Confucius
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“It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.”
~ Louis Kossuth
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“Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand.”
~ Richelle E. Goodrich
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“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
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“To look in the face of hard things and keep moving forward – that’s what one has to do.” ~ Anna Godbersen
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“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible — the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.”
~ Virginia Satir
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“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.” ~ Plato
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“I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.” ~ Toni Morrison
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“Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.”
~ Stephen Hawking
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“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
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“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” ~ Coco Chanel
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“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” ~ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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“To find yourself, think for yourself.” ~ Socrates
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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” ~-Ronald Reagan
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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.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
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