To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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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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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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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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I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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