On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
THOMAS JEFFERSONIt 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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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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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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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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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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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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