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Quote:  “I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.” – Thomas Jefferson

Submitted by bsfootprint on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 10:37
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T.J. lays down the smack talk.

Do you think Thomas Jefferson was ignorant or ill-informed?

Quote: 

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.

Who Said It?: 
Thomas Jefferson
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