I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion.
THOMAS JEFFERSONPeace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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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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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
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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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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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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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