The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of...

Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of...

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

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...

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

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

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

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...

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...

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my...

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my...

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.

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...

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist had he intended man for a...

The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist had he intended man for a...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

A guilty suffering spirit is more open to grace than an apathetic or smug soul.

A guilty suffering spirit is more open to grace than an apathetic or smug soul.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.