Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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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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I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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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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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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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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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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