We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
THOMAS JEFFERSONIf once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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I cannot live without books.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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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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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
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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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What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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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 was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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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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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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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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