He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.
THOMAS JEFFERSONHe 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.
More Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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When angry, count 10. before you speak; if very angry, 100.
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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
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History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.
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To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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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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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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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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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
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The dead should not rule the living.
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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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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
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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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Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
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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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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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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
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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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It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
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