I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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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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Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
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