My views and feelings are in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society, to lessen the disposition to war; but of its abolition I despair.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the...

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the...

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of...

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of...

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Tranquility is the old mans milk

There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at...

There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

Tranquility is the old man's milk

Tranquility is the old man's milk