Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Tag: Thomas Jefferson
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Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Thomas Jefferson still lives.
Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.
I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.