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.
THOMAS JEFFERSONBe polite to all, but intimate with few.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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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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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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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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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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I cannot live without books.
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The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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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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