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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.

Thomas Jefferson

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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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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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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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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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Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
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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 like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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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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I cannot live without books.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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