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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

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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Body Enlight Mind People Spirit
It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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Ethics Government Justice Politics Reason
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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Arrangement Friendship Precious Proof Sun Sunshine
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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Bank Believe DAngry Institution Liberty Stand
Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other.
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Advantage Difference Each Other Opinion Religion
Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
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Knowledge Learning Lost Man Time Value
What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment and death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment
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Death Liberty Machine Man Struggle
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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Declare Experience Government Man Poor Rich
The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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Art Consist Government Honesty
I cannot live without books.
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Addiction Book One Liner Reading
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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Atmosphere Government Liberty Resistance Spirit Storm
The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
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Bank Belong People Power Restore
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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Challenge Corporation Country Government Law Strength
How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
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Cost Evil Happen Healing Pain Suffering
When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
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Duty Injustice Justice Law One Liner Resistance
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
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Depend Freedom Healing Liberty Lost

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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