Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
THOMAS JEFFERSONIt is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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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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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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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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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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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 was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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