Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
THOMAS JEFFERSONOur liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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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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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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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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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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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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It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan.
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