To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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 greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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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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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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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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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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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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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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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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