I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
THOMAS JEFFERSONLeave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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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 only security of all is in a free press.
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What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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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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Never spend your money before you have it.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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We never repent of having eat too little.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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