I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe dead should not rule the living.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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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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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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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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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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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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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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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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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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