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I endeavor to keep their attention fixed on the main objects of all science, the freedom & happiness of man.
The main objects of all science, the freedom and happiness of man. . . . [are] the sole objects of all legitimate government. A plaque…

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No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad…
Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that ... of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most…
We owe gratitude to France, justice to England, good will to all, and subservience to none ... it was by the sober…
We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind…
I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion without imputing to them criminality.
It is not the policy of the government in America to give aid to works of any kind. They let things take…
The Earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.

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I endeavor to keep their attention fixed on the main objects of all science, the freedom & happiness of man. — Thomas Jefferson
A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter… — Leonardo da Vinci
A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. — Leonardo da Vinci
The main objects of all science, the freedom and happiness of man. . . . [are] the sole objects of all legitimate… — Thomas Jefferson

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