Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
THOMAS JEFFERSONEvery 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.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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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I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion.
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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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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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Let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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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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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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