Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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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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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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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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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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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 believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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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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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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