He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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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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Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.
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The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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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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