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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.

Thomas Jefferson

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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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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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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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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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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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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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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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The dead should not rule the living.
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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
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We never repent of having eat too little.
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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Think as you please, and so let others, and you will have no disputes.
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