I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
THOMAS JEFFERSONIt is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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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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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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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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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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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country
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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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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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