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

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We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up...

I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up...

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most,...

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most,...

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...

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

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

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

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...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves...

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then...

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then...

God is a righteous Judge, strong and patient: and God is provoked every day.

God is a righteous Judge, strong and patient: and God is provoked every day.

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...