No people can be both ignorant and free.
THOMAS JEFFERSONExperience 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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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
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I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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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 believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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