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.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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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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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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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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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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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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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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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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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I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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