Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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.

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party...

I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party...

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.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves...

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy...

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy...

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the...

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the...

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the...

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the...

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

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

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

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

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...

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared

Delay is a great procuress

Delay is a great procuress