Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhen angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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I cannot live without books.
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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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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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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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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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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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