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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Thomas Jefferson

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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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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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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
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Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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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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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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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 reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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