The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhere the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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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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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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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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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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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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