Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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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Never spend your money before you have it.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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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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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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I cannot live without books.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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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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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 whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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