Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
THOMAS JEFFERSONTo compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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I cannot live without books.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
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The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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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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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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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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