Quote by Thomas Jefferson
History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is. -

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is. – Thomas Jefferson

Other quotes by Thomas Jefferson

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale. – Thomas Jefferson

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Banks / Banking
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As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. – Thomas Jefferson

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Men
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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape. – Thomas Jefferson

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Guilt
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It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong. – Wendell Willkie

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Government

As I speak to you today, government censors somewhere are working furiously to erase my words from the records of history. But history itself has already condemned these tactics. – Hillary Clinton

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Government

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician whos been dead for 15 years. – Harry S. Truman

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Government

Who can be against progress, after all? But its a fraudulent use of the word – because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can do for you. – Rick Perry

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Government

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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat ones self. All sin is easy after that. – Pearl Bailey

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Corruption

If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon. – George Aiken

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Prejudice

Another way of approaching the thing is to consider it unnamed, unnamable. – Francis Ponge

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Hmmm

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity. – Virginia Woolf

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Truth