How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
THOMAS JEFFERSONIt is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan.
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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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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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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.
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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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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The only security of all is in a free press.
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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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The dead should not rule the living.
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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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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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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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In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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