The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by a despotic government.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and...

What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and...

This is the fourth?

This is the fourth?

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

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

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

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all...

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all...

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

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

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

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...