Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhere the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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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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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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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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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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