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
THOMAS JEFFERSONGood wine is a necessity of life for me.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
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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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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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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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