Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his...

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his...

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

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

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful...

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful...

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...

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

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...

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no...

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

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...

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are...

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are...

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it...

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it...