I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

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

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...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

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...

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.

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

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.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

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.

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.

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.

The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.

No young man starting in life could have better capital than plenty of friends. They...

No young man starting in life could have better capital than plenty of friends. They...