An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
THOMAS JEFFERSONIt is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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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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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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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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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
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I cannot live without books.
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