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" To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. "

Thomas Jefferson

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" Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. "

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" My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. "

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" Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. "

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" Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. "

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

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" Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind. "

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" Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. "

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" The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery. "

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" There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world. "

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" I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us. "

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" In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also. "

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" Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man. "

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" Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. "

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" I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office. "

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