Thomas Jefferson

(39 votes)   Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(39 votes)   It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

Thomas Jefferson

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(39 votes)   One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(39 votes)   The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(38 votes)   Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(38 votes)   If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Thomas Jefferson

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(38 votes)   The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(38 votes)   To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(38 votes)   To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(38 votes)   Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(38 votes)   Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Thomas Jefferson

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(38 votes)   We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(38 votes)   Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(37 votes)   Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nation. But it is not the highest duty.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(37 votes)   For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead...

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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