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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The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

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

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

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...

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows...

Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows...

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

A man of limited desire will always have less or perhaps nothing to worry and...

A man of limited desire will always have less or perhaps nothing to worry and...

When we dream alone it is only a dream, but when many dream together it...

When we dream alone it is only a dream, but when many dream together it...