Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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Let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident.
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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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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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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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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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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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