Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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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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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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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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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion.
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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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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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