If there is one principle more deeply rooted 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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Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

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...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

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...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

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.

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a...

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

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...

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

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...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

We never repent of having eaten too little.