"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
"I am... for freedom of the press, and against all violations of the Constitution to silence by force and not by reason the complaints or criticisms, just or unjust, of our citizens against the conduct of their agents."
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Source: Thomas Jefferson, Noble E. Cunningham (2001). “The Inaugural Addresses of President Thomas Jefferson, 1801 And 1805”, p.3, University of Missouri Press
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