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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

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...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

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.

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more...

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...

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang...

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang...

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

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

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 would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.