The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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.
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Let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident.
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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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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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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.
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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 have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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I cannot live without books.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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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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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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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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The dead should not rule the living.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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