No people can be both ignorant and free.
THOMAS JEFFERSONWhen angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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 put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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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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We never repent of having eat too little.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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I cannot live without books.
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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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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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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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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