I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value...

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

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...

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a...

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a...

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...

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.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his...

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

Keep trusting God...He is always in control even when your circumstances may seem out of...

Keep trusting God...He is always in control even when your circumstances may seem out of...

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.