I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of the public revenue to the discharge of the national debt; and not for a multiplication of officers and salaries merely to make partisans, and for…

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Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

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

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

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

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.

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...

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

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.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

I can not live with out books.

I can not live with out books.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and...

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and...

Actions lie louder than words.

Actions lie louder than words.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

He who is brave is free.

He who is brave is free.