I cannot live without books.
THOMAS JEFFERSONLet us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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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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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
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