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Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms."

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty."

When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion."

May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."

But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."

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 (?) Quotes: "Let the eye of vigilance never be closed."

Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife."

The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read."

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man."

I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Every generation needs a new revolution."

Every generation needs a new revolution.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing."

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.




Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God."

Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories."

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



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred."

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



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."

It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security."

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The contest is not between Us and Them, but between Good and Evil, and if those who would fight Evil adopt the ways of Evil, Evil wins."

The contest is not between Us and Them, but between Good and Evil, and if those who would fight Evil adopt the ways of Evil, Evil wins.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper."

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own."

In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Dependence leads to subservience."

Dependence leads to subservience.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances."

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor."

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second."

An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

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



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If the children are untaught, their ignorance and vices will in future life cost us much dearer in their consequences than it would have done in their correction by a good education."

If the children are untaught, their ignorance and vices will in future life cost us much dearer in their consequences than it would have done in their correction by a good education.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Good wine is a necessity of life for me."

Good wine is a necessity of life for me.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy."

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God."

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will."

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights."

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies."

Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my principal diet."

I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my principal diet.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe."

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please."

The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order."

It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Ignorance and bigotry, like other insanities, are incapable of self-government."

Ignorance and bigotry, like other insanities, are incapable of self-government.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes."

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit."

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "In matters of principle, stand like a rock."

In matters of principle, stand like a rock.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."

The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians."

Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Eternal Vigilance is the price of democracy."

Eternal Vigilance is the price of democracy.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens."

The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading."

Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct."

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine."

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness."

Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.



Thomas Jefferson (?) Quotes: "Democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%."

Democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%.