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 JEFFERSONWhere the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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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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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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