If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that we should have nothing to do with conquest

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility.

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility.

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all...

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all...

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit...

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit...

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value...

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value...

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

I live for books.

I live for books.

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

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

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every...

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or...

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or...