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"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself." -
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Thomas Jefferson
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Top 5 quotes from Thomas Jefferson
"I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one."
"I never believed there was one code of morality for a public and another for a private man."
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear."
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
Top 5 quotes from Government, Truth & Lies
"Truth sits upon the lips of dying men."
"I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs."
"All malice has injustice at it's end, an end achieved by violence or by fraud; while both are sins that earn the hate of heaven, since fraud belongs exclusively to man, God hates it more and, therefore, far below, the fraudulent are placed and suffer most."
"Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty."
"One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground."
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