Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
THOMAS JEFFERSONThose who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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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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I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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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.
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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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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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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 spend your money before you have it.
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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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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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