Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
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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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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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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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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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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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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