If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the...

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the...

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...

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a...

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a...

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree...

The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree...

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 States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

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.

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow...

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow...

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the...

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less...

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...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

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,...

Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the...

Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the...

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...

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people...

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people...