I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNo people can be both ignorant and free.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The dead should not rule the living.
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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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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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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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I cannot live without books.
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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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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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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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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
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I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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