On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHow little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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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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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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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.
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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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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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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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