The only security of all is in a free press.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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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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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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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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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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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 prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
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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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