I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNo people can be both ignorant and free.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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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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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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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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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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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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