One insult pocketed soon produces another

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Power is not alluring to pure minds

Power is not alluring to pure minds

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

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

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

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a...

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a...

The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but...

The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but...

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

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

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 find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and...

What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits...

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits...

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than...

It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than...

LABOR PAINS BUT PAYS.

LABOR PAINS BUT PAYS.