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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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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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No people can be both ignorant and free.
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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
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On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
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History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
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I cannot live without books.
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I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it’s laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another.
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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
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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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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
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Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.
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I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
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