I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist had he intended man for a...

The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist had he intended man for a...

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

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

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

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

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...

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and...

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and...

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

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.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend

When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops...

When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops...