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I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.

Thomas Jefferson

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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan.
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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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The dead should not rule the living.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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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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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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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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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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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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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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