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.
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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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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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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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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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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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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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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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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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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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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