The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNo people can be both ignorant and free.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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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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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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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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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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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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