The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
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Thomas Jefferson
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When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself as public property.
I like the dreams for the future better than the history of the past.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Taste cannot be controlled by law.
Peace commerce and honest friendship with all nations - entangling alliances with none.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
For God's sake let us freely hear both sides!
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans and must be that of every free state.
Equal rights for all special privileges for none.
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.
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
A republican government is slow to move yet when once in motion its momentum becomes irresistible.
The hole and the patch should be commensurate.
Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost.
No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.