How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
THOMAS JEFFERSONExperience 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.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
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I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
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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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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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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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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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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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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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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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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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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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