The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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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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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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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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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country
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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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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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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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