Were we to be directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
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The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.Thomas Jefferson
The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.
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It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
Thomas Jefferson
A government big enough to supply you with everything you need is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.... The course of history shows that as the government grows, liberty decreases.
Thomas Jefferson
I know of no safe repository for the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to increase their discretion by education.
Thomas Jefferson
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Thomas Jefferson
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