The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
THOMAS JEFFERSONIf a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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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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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
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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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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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Never spend your money before you have it.
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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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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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
THOMAS JEFFERSON