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Higher Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- To instruct the mass of our citizens in these, their rights, interests and duties, as men and citizens...this brings us to the point at which…
- Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from…
- Aristocrats fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to the higher classes of society.
- The law of self-preservation is higher than written law.
- ... legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property... Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation…
- A lottery is a salutary instrument and a tax... laid on the willing only, that is to say, on those who can risk the price…
- A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The…
- A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The…
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