I cannot live without books.
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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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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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
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I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
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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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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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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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It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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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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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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