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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.

Thomas Jefferson

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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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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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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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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.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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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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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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