History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
THOMAS JEFFERSONAn enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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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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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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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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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
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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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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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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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The only security of all is in a free press.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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