It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWe have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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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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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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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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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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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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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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