If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to the full amount of their demand if we do not comply with it, this would leave us without anything we can call property.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

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...

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...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Conscience is the only clue that will eternally guide a man clear of all doubts...

Conscience is the only clue that will eternally guide a man clear of all doubts...

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...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel...

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel...

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

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.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

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.

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.