The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhere the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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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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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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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 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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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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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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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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