He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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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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I cannot live without books.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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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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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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