I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of...

Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of...

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of...

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of...

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned,...

Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned,...

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...

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

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

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...

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

Power is not alluring to pure minds

Power is not alluring to pure minds

If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common...

If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common...

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually...

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually...

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

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

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

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...

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.