When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
THOMAS JEFFERSONI 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.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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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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Never spend your money before you have 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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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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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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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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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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Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.
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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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The only security of all is in a free press.
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A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
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