The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhere the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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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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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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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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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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