I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

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.

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

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.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that...

We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that...

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.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

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 consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

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.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...