Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHonesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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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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The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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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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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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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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