An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe dead should not rule the living.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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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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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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