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More Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.
The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood.
There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.
I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.
A true patriot will defend his country from its government.
A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.
The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
