In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
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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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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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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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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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