I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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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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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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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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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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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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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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