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If 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.

Thomas Jefferson

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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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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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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 am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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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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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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