It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
THOMAS JEFFERSONDo you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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I cannot live without books.
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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 dead should not rule the living.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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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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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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Never spend your money before you have it.
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