When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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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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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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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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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 issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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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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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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