Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHe who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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I cannot live without books.
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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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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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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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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.
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