Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
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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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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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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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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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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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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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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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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The only security of all is in a free press.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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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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