How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
THOMAS JEFFERSONPride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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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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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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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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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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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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I 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.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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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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