The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
THOMAS JEFFERSONExperience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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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I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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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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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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