I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHistory, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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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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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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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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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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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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I cannot live without books.
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