A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the...

Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the...

The merchant has no country

The merchant has no country

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a...

The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a...

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.