Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhat 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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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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I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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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 am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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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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The only security of all is in a free press.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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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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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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