He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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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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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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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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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
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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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