Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
THOMAS JEFFERSONOn matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion.
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I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it’s laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another.
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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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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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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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 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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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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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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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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