Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
THOMAS JEFFERSONTake things always by their smooth handle.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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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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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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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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The dead should not rule the living.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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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 never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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