Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility.

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility.

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

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

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

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...

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang...

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang...

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all...

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all...

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

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....

Here was this vast machinery of government and they didn't know how it ran, where...

Here was this vast machinery of government and they didn't know how it ran, where...

The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government...

The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government...