He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWe confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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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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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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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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It 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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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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