Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed...

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows...

Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows...

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest

The danger is that the cruel arts of their oppressors have enchained their minds, have...

The danger is that the cruel arts of their oppressors have enchained their minds, have...

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my...

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my...

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...

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...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

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...

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

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

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

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...