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Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. In order to flourish, the tree of Liberty needs the blood of patriots and tyrants."

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. In order to flourish, the tree of Liberty needs the blood of patriots and tyrants.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A man's moral sense must be unusually strong if slavery does not make him a thief."

A man's moral sense must be unusually strong if slavery does not make him a thief.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Freedom [is] the first-born daughter of science"

Freedom [is] the first-born daughter of science



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "One precedent in favor of power is stronger than a hundred against it."

One precedent in favor of power is stronger than a hundred against it.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The merchant has no country ."

The merchant has no country .



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them, they cannot love us."

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them, they cannot love us.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "From candlelight to early bedtime, I read."

From candlelight to early bedtime, I read.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom."

Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error."

The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "[We should be] determined... to sever ourselves from the union we so much value rather than give up the rights of self-government... in which alone we see liberty, safety and happiness."

[We should be] determined... to sever ourselves from the union we so much value rather than give up the rights of self-government... in which alone we see liberty, safety and happiness.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe.... They are nations of eternal war."

I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe.... They are nations of eternal war.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government."

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The law of self-preservation is higher than written law."

The law of self-preservation is higher than written law.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "ONLY a government that is AFRAID of its citizens tries to control them."

ONLY a government that is AFRAID of its citizens tries to control them.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I do verily believe that a single, consolidated government would become the most corrupt government on the earth."

I do verily believe that a single, consolidated government would become the most corrupt government on the earth.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Ambition is a tricky little animal to tame. It is very skillful at concealing itself from its master."

Ambition is a tricky little animal to tame. It is very skillful at concealing itself from its master.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants."

So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Nothing was or is farther from my intentions, than to enlist myself as the champion of a fixed opinion, where I have only expressed doubt."

Nothing was or is farther from my intentions, than to enlist myself as the champion of a fixed opinion, where I have only expressed doubt.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace"

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character"

A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "no people can be both ignorant and free."

no people can be both ignorant and free.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The hole and the patch should be commensurate."

The hole and the patch should be commensurate.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies."

The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If I had to choose between government and a free press, I would choose a free press."

If I had to choose between government and a free press, I would choose a free press.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No society can make a perpetual constitution... The earth belongs always to the living generation."

No society can make a perpetual constitution... The earth belongs always to the living generation.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Wine from long habit has become an indispensable for my health"

Wine from long habit has become an indispensable for my health



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The only way to win money out of a casino is to own one."

The only way to win money out of a casino is to own one.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers."

As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction."

Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The past stays put, I just keep moving farther away from it."

The past stays put, I just keep moving farther away from it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Slavery is an abomination and must be loudly proclaimed as such, but I own that I nor any other man has any immediate solution to the problem."

Slavery is an abomination and must be loudly proclaimed as such, but I own that I nor any other man has any immediate solution to the problem.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I am not afraid of the priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries, of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying and slandering, without being able to give me one moment of pain."

I am not afraid of the priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries, of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying and slandering, without being able to give me one moment of pain.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical."

Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The failure of one thing is repaired by the success of another."

The failure of one thing is repaired by the success of another.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Merchants have no country."

Merchants have no country.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them."

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "How did Jefferson feel about the people of his day who were the equivalent of our modern day penecostals? You know, those revelation reveling tongue speaking idiots."

How did Jefferson feel about the people of his day who were the equivalent of our modern day penecostals? You know, those revelation reveling tongue speaking idiots.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "All the States but our own are sensible that knowlege is power."

All the States but our own are sensible that knowlege is power.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The objects of this primary education . . . would be . . . to form the statesmen, legislators and judges, on whom public prosperity and individual happiness are so much to depend."

The objects of this primary education . . . would be . . . to form the statesmen, legislators and judges, on whom public prosperity and individual happiness are so much to depend.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Anarchy [is] necessarily consequent to inefficiency."

Anarchy [is] necessarily consequent to inefficiency.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Light and liberty go together."

Light and liberty go together.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "With those who wish to think amiss of me, I have learnt to be perfectly indifferent: but where I know a mind to be ingenuous, andto need only truth to set it to rights, I cannot be as passive."

With those who wish to think amiss of me, I have learnt to be perfectly indifferent: but where I know a mind to be ingenuous, andto need only truth to set it to rights, I cannot be as passive.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Religions are all the same...Based upon legends and fantasies"

Religions are all the same...Based upon legends and fantasies



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Nothing betrays imbecility so much as the being insensible of it."

Nothing betrays imbecility so much as the being insensible of it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave consequences to him who has the disposal of them."

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave consequences to him who has the disposal of them.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If we are made in some degree for others, yet in a greater are we made for ourselves."

If we are made in some degree for others, yet in a greater are we made for ourselves.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No race of kings has ever presented above one man of common sense in twenty generations."

No race of kings has ever presented above one man of common sense in twenty generations.