The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
THOMAS JEFFERSONEnlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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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.
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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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I cannot live without books.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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