Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I cannot live without books.

I cannot live without books.

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

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms...

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms...

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit...

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit...

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

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

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

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

No government can continue good but under the control of the people.

No government can continue good but under the control of the people.

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are...

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are...

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference