He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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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I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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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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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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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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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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