The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNever buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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I cannot live without books.
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
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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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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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