Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
THOMAS JEFFERSONPeace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it’s laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
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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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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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