Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

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...

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 Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist had he intended man for a...

The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist had he intended man for a...

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

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...

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

The well of true wit is truth itself

The well of true wit is truth itself

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame