Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
THOMAS JEFFERSONNever trouble another with what you can do yourself.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.
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It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan.
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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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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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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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