I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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 prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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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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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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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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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.
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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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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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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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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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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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