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- 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 laws of necessity, of self preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letter, 1810
- I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
- Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the general progress of the human mind.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
- Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
- The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
- I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
- I live for books.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
- When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Writings
- Delay is preferable to error.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
- That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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