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

 

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


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The idle are the only wretched.

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A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.

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Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day. -Thomas Jefferson
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I never told my religion nor scrutinize that of another. I never attempted to make a convert nor wished to change another's creed. I have judged of others' religion by their lives, for it is from our lives and not from our words that our religion must be read. By the same test must the world judge me.

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Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.

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When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. -Thomas Jefferson
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Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.

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