“How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.” — Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, (1825-02-21)
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“Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without a rudder, is the sport of every wind. With such persons, gullibility which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand of reason, and the mind becomes a wreck.” — Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Smith (1822-12-08)
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“There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.” — Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Edward Dowse (19 April 1803)
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“We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.” — Thomas Jefferson
“We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.” — Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William Carmichael and William Short, (30 June 1793)
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“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.” — Thomas Jefferson
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.” — Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Archibald Stuart, Philadelphia (23 December 1791)
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“Rights, as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.” — Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View of the Rights of British America
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“Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.” — Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address
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“Never [enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance of one of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many on their getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.” — Thomas Jefferson
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