Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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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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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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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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