We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
THOMAS JEFFERSONDifference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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