I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
THOMAS JEFFERSONTake things always by their smooth handle.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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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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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
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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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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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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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I cannot live without books.
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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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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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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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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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