I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNever trouble another with what you can do yourself.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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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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If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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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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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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