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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal...

We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal...

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...

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves...

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves...

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

It is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good...

It is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good...

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...

I can not live with out books.

I can not live with out books.

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

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

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

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.

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

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...

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.