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
THOMAS JEFFERSONI 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.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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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 cannot live without books.
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects 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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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
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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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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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