A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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.

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the...

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

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...

I can not live with out books.

I can not live with out books.

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...

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

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...

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

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.

To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

Roughly speaking, any man with energy and enthusiasm ought to be able to bring at...

Roughly speaking, any man with energy and enthusiasm ought to be able to bring at...

Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste

Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste