I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up the law for religious freedom) and make it the keystone of the arch of our government.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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.

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road...

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

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...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

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.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

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.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off;...

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off;...

The aristocracy is in decline in the City, and the cloth-cap professionals are in the...

The aristocracy is in decline in the City, and the cloth-cap professionals are in the...

If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity...

If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity...