Delay is preferable to error.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is...

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is...

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

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...

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.

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant....

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant....

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read

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...

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

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

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will...

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will...

Health is worth more than learning.

Health is worth more than learning.

Power is not alluring to pure minds

Power is not alluring to pure minds

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.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his...

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his...