I 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
THOMAS JEFFERSONHonesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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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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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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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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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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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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I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it’s laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another.
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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