When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. Thomas Jefferson I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Thomas Jefferson To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. Thomas Jefferson It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. Thomas Jefferson My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. Thomas Jefferson When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. Thomas Jefferson Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. Thomas Jefferson No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it. Thomas Jefferson
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