Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
THOMAS JEFFERSONGood wine is a necessity of life for me.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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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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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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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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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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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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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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