The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHow much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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