The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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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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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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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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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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