I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
THOMAS JEFFERSONPeace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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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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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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Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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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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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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I cannot live without books.
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