Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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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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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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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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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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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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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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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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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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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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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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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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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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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