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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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

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...

How much does free cost?

How much does free cost?

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

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...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and...

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

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.

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...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall...

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I...

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.