Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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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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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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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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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
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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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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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