I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

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

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

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...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and...

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and...

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most,...

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most,...

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

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Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the...

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

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

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

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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...

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I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up...

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Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

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What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and...

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The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

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No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no...

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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads...

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In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and...

We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in...

We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in...

So that this nation may long endure, I urge you to follow in the hallowed...

So that this nation may long endure, I urge you to follow in the hallowed...