Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNever spend your money before you have it.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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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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I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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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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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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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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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 legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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