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I read no newspaper now but Ritchie's, and in that chiefly the advertisements, for they contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letter to Nathaniel Macon, January 12, 1819
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Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Resolutions, 1803
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), (Attributed)
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letter to Archibald Stuart, December 23, 1791
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