Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they please, the will of the nation being the only thing essential.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

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...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers...

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

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

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less...

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy...

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy...

How much does free cost?

How much does free cost?

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...

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

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

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

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

All authority belongs to the people

All authority belongs to the people

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 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

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

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

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

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.

Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives...

Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives...