There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
THOMAS JEFFERSONTake things always by their smooth handle.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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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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I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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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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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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 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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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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