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
THOMAS JEFFERSONBe polite to all, but intimate with few.
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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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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Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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