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.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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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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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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I cannot live without books.
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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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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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