I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHonesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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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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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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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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Never spend your money before you have it.
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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
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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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Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
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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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