Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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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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I cannot live without books.
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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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We never repent of having eat too little.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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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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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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