The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. Thomas Jefferson

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

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For when it is the good that is under consideration, and the ethical object is predominant, truth must be considered more in reference to art than science, if, that is, unity is to be preserved in the work generally. Friedrich Schleiermacher Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Thomas Jefferson
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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. Henry David Thoreau Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. Thomas Jefferson

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