He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
THOMAS JEFFERSONExperience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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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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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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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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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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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 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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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