If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Never spend your money before you have earned it.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I...

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I...

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.

My views and feelings are in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it...

My views and feelings are in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment...

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment...

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

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

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Themosticles said The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern...

Themosticles said The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern...