Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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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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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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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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 am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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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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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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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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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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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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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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