In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.
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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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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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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We never repent of having eat too little.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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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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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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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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I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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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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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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