I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
THOMAS JEFFERSONIt is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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I cannot live without books.
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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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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it’s laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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