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Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Never spend your money before you have earned it."

Never spend your money before you have earned it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man."

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither."

The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "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 blind-folded fear."

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 blind-folded fear.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny."

A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office."

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "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."

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.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both."

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "We will be soldiers, so our sons may be farmers, so their sons may be artists"

We will be soldiers, so our sons may be farmers, so their sons may be artists




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people."

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life."

A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "What has been the effect of [religious] coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth."

What has been the effect of [religious] coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle."

A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy."

An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family."

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The only security of all is in a free press."

The only security of all is in a free press.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it."

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just"

My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other."

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other."

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time."

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors."

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind."

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Amplification is the vice of modern oratory."

Amplification is the vice of modern oratory.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man."

I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "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."

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 (?) Quotes: "Free men do not ask permission to bear arms"

Free men do not ask permission to bear arms



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks."

Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others."

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever."

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God, like another Cerberus, with one body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the blood of thousands and thousands of martyrs."

The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God, like another Cerberus, with one body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the blood of thousands and thousands of martyrs.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."

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



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself."

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



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable for, not the rightness, but the uprightness of the decision"

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable for, not the rightness, but the uprightness of the decision



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights"

The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction."

Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If the book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But, for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides, if we choose."

If the book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But, for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides, if we choose.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A room without books is like a life without meaning."

A room without books is like a life without meaning.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither."

A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence."

No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Paper money is liable to be abused, has been, is, and forever will be abused, in every country in which it is permitted."

Paper money is liable to be abused, has been, is, and forever will be abused, in every country in which it is permitted.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of man."

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of man.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate."

A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The worst day in a man's life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing."

The worst day in a man's life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude."

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.