Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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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 believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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I cannot live without books.
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I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
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I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it’s laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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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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