Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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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.
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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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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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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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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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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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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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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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