Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHow much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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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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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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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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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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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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