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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I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...

I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

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...

I cannot live without books.

I cannot live without books.

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that...

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that...

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...

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...

To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.

To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.

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.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

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 am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

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...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character...

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character...

Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.

Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.

Sanctimony is the most inexpensive form of morality. It costs us nothing to make much...

Sanctimony is the most inexpensive form of morality. It costs us nothing to make much...