I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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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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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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I cannot live without books.
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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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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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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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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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