Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Friendship Quotes

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or...

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the...

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the...

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 merchant has no country

The merchant has no country

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful...

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful...

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...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

Never call a girl fat. You never know how far she'll go to be the...

Never call a girl fat. You never know how far she'll go to be the...