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.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI cannot live without books.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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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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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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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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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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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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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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