Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
THOMAS JEFFERSONIn questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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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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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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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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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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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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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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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 man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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