I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

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.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of...

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

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...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

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,...

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the...

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the...

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves...

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves...

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When...

In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When...

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits...

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits...

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...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

First thing I killed was no kind of thing at all. It was an enemy...

First thing I killed was no kind of thing at all. It was an enemy...

When I first started here, I was sitting in the ditch thinking, 'What the heck...

When I first started here, I was sitting in the ditch thinking, 'What the heck...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...