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Thomas Jefferson Quotes

«The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by a despotic government»
«I cannot live without books.»
«No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.»
«The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family»
«Governments (derive) their just powers from the consent of the governed»
«History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny»
«It is, however, an evil for which there is no remedy, our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost»
«All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.»
«All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to = remain silent.»
«Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.»