I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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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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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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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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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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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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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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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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The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
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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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