Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

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I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

Politics, like religion, hold up torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

Politics, like religion, hold up torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

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...

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity...

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity...

We never repent of having eaten too little.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or...

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise...

A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise...

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

One man with courage is a majority.

One man with courage is a majority.