The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWe never repent of having eat too little.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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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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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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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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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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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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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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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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