The only security of all is in a free press.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThink as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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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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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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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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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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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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There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
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