There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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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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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
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The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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