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I am mortified to be told that...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Do not bite at the bait of ple...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Delay is preferable to error....

Delay is preferable to error.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

A democracy is nothing more th...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Is it less dishonest to do wha...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

I, however, place economy amon...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

If the freedom of religion, gu...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, then and only then will truth, prevail over fanaticism

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

On matters of style, swim with...

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Every generation needs a new r...

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

A bill of rights is what the p...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The natural progress of things...

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Whenever the people are well i...

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Leave all the afternoon for ex...

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Honesty is the first chapter i...

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Nobody can acquire honor by do...

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The tax which will be paid for...

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Where a new invention promises...

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

The juries are our judges of a...

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

Conscience is the chamber of j...

Conscience is the chamber of justice.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

In every country and every age...

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

Thomas Jefferson 2120 quotes

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