I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHow little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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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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I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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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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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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