Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
THOMAS JEFFERSONPeace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
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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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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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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 receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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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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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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