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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.

Thomas Jefferson

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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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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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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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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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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
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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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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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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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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
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