Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Take things always by their smooth handle.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
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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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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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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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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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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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The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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