I cannot live without books.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

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...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy...

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

One man with courage is a majority.

One man with courage is a majority.

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

I can not live with out books.

I can not live with out books.

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...