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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.

Thomas Jefferson

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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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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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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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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.
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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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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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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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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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