All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
THOMAS JEFFERSONIf you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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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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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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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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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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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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