On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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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.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
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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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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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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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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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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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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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