The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind 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.

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the...

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the...

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which...

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which...