Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhat 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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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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I cannot live without books.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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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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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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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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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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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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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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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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