I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

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

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...

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of...

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

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.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.