Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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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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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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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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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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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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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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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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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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