It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
THOMAS JEFFERSONEvery day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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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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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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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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The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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