I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic

Downsides of freedom Freedom

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1791 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Founding Father American President National leader Politician

From

United States

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Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Archibald Stuart. 23 Dec. 1791.

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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic
Freedom Political violence

Author

Thomas Jefferson
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1787 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to William Stephens Smith. 13 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "Col. Smith, Nov. 13, 1787." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

Another quote from the 1790s

Would it be too bold to imagine, that in the great length of time, since the earth began to exist, perhaps millions of ages before the comencement of the history of mankind, would it be too bold to imagine, that all warm-blooded animals have arisen from one living filament which the Great First Cause endured with animality... And thus possessing the faculty of continuing to improve by its own inherent activity, and of delivering down those improvements by generation to its posterity, world without end!

Erasmus Darwin

Zoonomia

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Topic
Evolution

Author

Erasmus Darwin
Source
Zoonomia
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
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Citation

Darwin, Erasmus. Zoonomia; or the Laws of Organic Life. Vol. 1, London: Joseph Johnson, 1794, sec. 39.

Another quote about Freedom

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Heinrich Heine

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Topic
Book burning Censorship Freedom of speech and expression Freedom Totalitarianism

Author

Heinrich Heine
Source
Almansor
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragic play
Language
German
Time
1821 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Heine, Heinrich. Almansor. 1821.