If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

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...

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

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...

Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain...

Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain...

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

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned,...

Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned,...

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government.

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Tranquility is the old mans milk

He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad

He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his...

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his...

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...

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most,...

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most,...

Wisdom is a life that knows it is living

Wisdom is a life that knows it is living

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.