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Exercised Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare…
- The concentrating of powers in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be…
- A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most…
- The movements of nature are in a never ending circle. The animal species which has once been put into a train of motion, is still…
- To lay taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States, that is to say, 'to lay taxes for the purpose of providing…
- That this privilege of giving or of withholding our monies is an important barrier against the undue exertion of prerogative, which if left altogether without…
- To take from one, because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare…
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- From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual… — William Ames
- Government is the assumption of authority over a given area and all within it, exercised generally for the double purpose of more… — Benjamin Tucker
- Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still… — Eric Hoffer
- The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people, however public-spirited,… — Milton Friedman
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- Now I have demonstrated, that the convolutions of the brain are nothing but the peripheric expansion of the bundles of which it… — Franz Joseph Gall
- Our age has become so mechanical that this has also affected our recreation. People have gotten used to sitting down and watching… — Maria von Trapp