Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
THOMAS JEFFERSONIgnorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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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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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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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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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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I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it’s laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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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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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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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 believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.
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