It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.

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Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

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...

Tranquility is the old man's milk

Tranquility is the old man's milk

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.

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

I live for books.

I live for books.

Politics, like religion, hold up torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

Politics, like religion, hold up torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

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

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

Health is the requisite after morality

Health is the requisite after morality

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...

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

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.