QUOTE A DAY - July 7, 2011

Greetings fellow quote lovers:

I watched the HBO series, John Adams for the second time over the 4th weekend. I was struck by the eloquence of both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Many of their exchanges were taken from surviving letters and writings.

So I decided to visit a website dedicated to Jefferson and pulled many gems to share with you today. I enjoyed these immensely and hope you do as well.

Best,
JA

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*---- Quotes For The Week ----*
If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.
--Thomas Jefferson

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
--Thomas Jefferson

I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.
--Thomas Jefferson

**--- MYSTERY QUOTE ---**
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

See at the bottom for the answer
*---- More Quotes for the Week ----*
In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
--Thomas Jefferson

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?
--Thomas Jefferson

MYSTERY QUOTE AND ANSWER - DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY?

I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

MYSTERY ANSWER: James Madison

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