The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
THOMAS JEFFERSONDo not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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If you want something you’ve never had, You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
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When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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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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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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The only security of all is in a free press.
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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.
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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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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