Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who are to act together for any common object, and the expediency of doing what good we can when we cannot do all we would wish

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

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

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

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

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

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

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.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

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...

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Power is not alluring to pure minds

Power is not alluring to pure minds

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it...

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it...

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.

Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.