Thomas Jefferson Quotes About Big Government
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
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Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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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.
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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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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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
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