An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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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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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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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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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.
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Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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