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
THOMAS JEFFERSONHonesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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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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Never spend your money before you have it.
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Let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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