Tag: Thomas Jefferson
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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
Thomas Jefferson
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A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Thomas Jefferson
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Thomas Jefferson
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History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.
Thomas Jefferson
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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.
Thomas Jefferson
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
Thomas Jefferson
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Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.
Thomas Jefferson
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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
Thomas Jefferson
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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.
Thomas Jefferson
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No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.
Thomas Jefferson