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.
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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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
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I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country
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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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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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We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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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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Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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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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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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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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Take care of your cents: Dollars will take care of themselves.
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