France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the loaves and fishes which arise out of war expenses, as for the chance of changing the Constitution

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by...

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by...

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a...

The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a...

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.

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

I live for books.

I live for books.

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every...

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every...

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

The only thing new in this world is the history that you don't know

The only thing new in this world is the history that you don't know