When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have a natural right to compel them to obedience

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang...

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less...

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit...

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

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

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

One man with courage is a majority.

One man with courage is a majority.

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

And what does the lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy...

And what does the lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy...

Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of...

Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of...