What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
THOMAS JEFFERSONDetermine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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Never spend your money before you have it.
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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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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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