The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
THOMAS JEFFERSONPride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
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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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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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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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The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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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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