We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
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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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If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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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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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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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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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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