Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHe who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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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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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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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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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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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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