We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThe equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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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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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country
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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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The dead should not rule the living.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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