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The inquisition of public opinion overwhelms in practice the freedom asserted by the laws in theory. — Thomas Jefferson

Above all I hope that the education of the common people will be attended to so they won't forget the basic principles of freedom. — Thomas Jefferson

Freedom, the first-born of science. — Thomas Jefferson

History teaches the young the virtues of freedom. By apprising them of the past it will enable them to judge the future. — Thomas Jefferson

Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. — Thomas Jefferson

I endeavor to keep their attention fixed on the main objects of all science, the freedom & happiness of man. — Thomas Jefferson

When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither. — Thomas Jefferson

We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church. — Thomas Jefferson

The information of the people at large can alone make them the safe as they are the sole depositary of our political and religious freedom. — Thomas Jefferson

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

Individual freedom and individual equality cannot co-exist. I dare say no one since Thomas Jefferson has really believed it. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould

In our early struggles for liberty, religious freedom could not fail to become a primary object. — Thomas Jefferson

As was said by Thomas Jefferson, "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. — William R. Forstchen

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. — Thomas Jefferson

In a government bottomed on the will of all, the ... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all. — Thomas Jefferson

He [Weishaupt] says, no one ever laid a surer foundation for liberty than our grand master, Jesus of Nazareth. — Thomas Jefferson

Our minds and hearts are free to believe everything or nothing at all - and it is our duty to protect and perpetuate this sacred culture of freedom. — Thomas Jefferson

How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! — Thomas Jefferson

The advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from [the clergy]. — Thomas Jefferson

There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety. — Thomas Jefferson

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed. — Thomas Jefferson

I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance. — Thomas Jefferson

The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance — Thomas Jefferson

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. — Benjamin Franklin

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy? — Thomas Jefferson

May it be to the world ... to assume the blessings and security of self-government. — Thomas Jefferson

no people can be both ignorant and free. — Thomas Jefferson

Men fight for freedom; then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves. — Thomas Jefferson

I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another. — Thomas Jefferson

Freedom [is] the first-born daughter of science — Thomas Jefferson

Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be. — Thomas Jefferson

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. — Thomas Jefferson

Laws provide against injury from others; but not from ourselves. — Thomas Jefferson

Those who would trade safety for freedom deserve neither. — Thomas Jefferson

It is error alone that needs the support of government.2 Truth can stand by itself. - THOMAS JEFFERSON, on freedom of religion — Jon Meacham

It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order. — Thomas Jefferson

Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error. — Thomas Jefferson

The law for religious freedom ... [has]put down the aristocracy of the clergy and restored to the citizen the freedom of the mind. — Thomas Jefferson

[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people. — Thomas Jefferson

I'd prefer to have dangerous freedom,
than have peaceful slavery — Thomas Jefferson

I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom. — Thomas Jefferson