Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
THOMAS JEFFERSONDetermine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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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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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 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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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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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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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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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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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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