I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
THOMAS JEFFERSONAll 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.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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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’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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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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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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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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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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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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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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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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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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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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