The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThere is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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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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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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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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We never repent of having eat too little.
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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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