He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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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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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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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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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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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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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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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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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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 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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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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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.
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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