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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.

Thomas Jefferson

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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 am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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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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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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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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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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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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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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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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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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