Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.

Thomas Jefferson

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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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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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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.

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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.

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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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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.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

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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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.

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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 equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.

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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.

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Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
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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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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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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.

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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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