Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

Taste cannot be controlled by law

Taste cannot be controlled by law

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper...

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

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...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

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...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

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,...

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...

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as...

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as...

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society...

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society...

Whomsoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry...

Whomsoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry...