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4th Of July Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
- Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good…
- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that…
- He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
- I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
- Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
- Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
- The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
- The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
- Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption…
- The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
- The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.
- My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
- All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every…
- I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living. . . . We…
- To make us one nation as to foreign concerns, and keep us distinct in Domestic ones gives the outline of the proper division of powers…
- The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.
- When wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality.
- Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
- Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free.
- The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the…
- A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.
- An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.
- The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.
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- I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to… — James A. Baldwin
- A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. — Edward Abbey
- I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence,… — John Adams
- All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is… — John Quincy Adams
- I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. — Simone de Beauvoir
- Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree. — Thomas Campbell
- Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. — Albert Camus
- A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but… — Albert Camus
- The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more… — Jimmy Carter
- The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? — Pablo Casals
- It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. — Dick Cheney