Delay is preferable to error.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

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

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad

He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

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...

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

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...

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

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

Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to...

Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to...

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.