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It seems far-fetched, even preposterous, to blame the global economic order for the persistence of severe poverty in countries that are ruled by obvious thugs and crooks.


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THOMAS JEFFERSON the giver of life, who gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness.
THOMAS JEFFERSON God who gave us life gave us liberty. 1 Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed...
THOMAS JEFFERSON The bank mania is one of the most threatening of these imitations. It is raising up a monied aristoc...
THOMAS JEFFERSON A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but i...
THOMAS JEFFERSON Architecture worth great attention. As we double our numbers every 20 years we must double our house...
THOMAS JEFFERSON As, for the safety of society, we commit honest maniacs to Bedlam, so judges should be withdrawn fro...
THOMAS JEFFERSON Jefferson was against any needless official apparel, but if the gown was to carry, he said: For Heav...
THOMAS JEFFERSON The firmness with which the people have withstood the late abuses of the press, the discernment they...
THOMAS JEFFERSON At the establishment of our constitutions, the judiciary bodies were supposed to be the most helples...
THOMAS JEFFERSON The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; a...
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