I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhere the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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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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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
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The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
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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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What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
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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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We never repent of having eat too little.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
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