Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHow much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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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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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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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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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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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Never spend your money before you have it.
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The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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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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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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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 think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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