A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less...

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of...

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of...

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the...

Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

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...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

If [newsmen] violate their promises of confidentiality, they may never again be able to operate...

If [newsmen] violate their promises of confidentiality, they may never again be able to operate...

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like its some kind of federal program.

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like its some kind of federal program.