Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
THOMAS JEFFERSONBut 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.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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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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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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