Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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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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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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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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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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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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The only security of all is in a free press.
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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