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.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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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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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
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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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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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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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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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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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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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