How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

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

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper...

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper...

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...

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

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...

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...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

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

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

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

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

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a...

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...