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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In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and...

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and...

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to...

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to...

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...

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to...

Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to...

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will...

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will...

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

I have nothing but confidence in you, and very little of that

I have nothing but confidence in you, and very little of that