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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.

Thomas Jefferson

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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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History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.
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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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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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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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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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