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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Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal...

We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal...

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...

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

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...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

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

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

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

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.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

Freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus. I deem one of the...

Freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus. I deem one of the...

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the...

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the...

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried...

Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried...