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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the...

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the...

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

No government can continue good but under the control of the people.

No government can continue good but under the control of the people.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or...

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or...

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.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

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...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Taste cannot be controlled by law

Taste cannot be controlled by law

On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning...

On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning...

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or...

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or...

Health is the requisite after morality

Health is the requisite after morality

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.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the...

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the...

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.

When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the...

When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the...

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.