I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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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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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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