The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThere is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term 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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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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 most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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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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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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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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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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