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Germ Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body, (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow)…
- In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness insensibly open,…
- Man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to…
- Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
- The people are the ultimate guardians of their own liberties. In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption…
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