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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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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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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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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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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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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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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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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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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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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