The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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I cannot live without books.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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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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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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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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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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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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