Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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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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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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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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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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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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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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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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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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