I cannot live without books.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI 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
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.
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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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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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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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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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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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