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I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Never spend your money before you have earned it. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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