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If, therefore, from the settlement of the Saxons, to the introduction of Christianity among them, that system of religion could not be a part of the common law, because they were not yet Christians; and if, having their laws from that period to the close of the common law, we are able to find among them no such act of adoption; we may safely affirm (though contradicted by all the judges and writers on earth) that . [ ]
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founding-father
saxons
common-law
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind; for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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experience
europe
inequality
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Thomas Jefferson |
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I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
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founding-fathers
government
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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.
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If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it." "
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freedom-of-speech
thomas-jefferson
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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. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People t..
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture. --The Fruit Hunters
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gardening
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Thomas Jefferson |
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No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa & America.
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equality
america
nature
nature-vs-nurture
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not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of . . . but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take.
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writing
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Thomas Jefferson |
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both. We are destined to be a barrier against the returns of ignorance and barbarism. Old Europe will have to lean on our shoulders, and to hobble along by our side, under the monkish trammels of priests and kings, as she can. What a Colossus shall we be when the Southern continent comes up to our mark..
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progress
history
future
dreams
inspirational
ignorance
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Thomas Jefferson |
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The inquisition of public opinion overwhelms in practice the freedom asserted by the laws in theory.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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I steer my bark with Hope in the head, leaving Fear astern. My hopes, indeed, sometimes fail; but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands].
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Thomas Jefferson |
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Paper is poverty,... it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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I believe the Indian then to be in body and mind equal to the white man.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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Delay is preferable to error.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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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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Thomas Jefferson |
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The second office of the government is honorable and easy, the first is but a splendid misery.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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As pure a son of liberty as I have ever known.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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Blest is that nation whose silent course of happiness furnishes nothing for history to say.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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Knowing that religion does not furnish grosser bigots than law, I expect little from old judges.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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I]f ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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I cannot live without books.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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When public opinion changes, it is with the rapidity of thought.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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I believe... that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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What all agree upon is probably right; what no two agree in most probably is wrong.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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You say you are a Calvinist. I am not. I am of a sect by myself, as far as I know.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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the more a subject is understood, the more briefly it may be explained.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend all to the happiness of man.
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