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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.

Thomas Jefferson

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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
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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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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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