It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed...

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed...

Conscience is the only clue that will eternally guide a man clear of all doubts...

Conscience is the only clue that will eternally guide a man clear of all doubts...

Health is the requisite after morality

Health is the requisite after morality

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up...

I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up...

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...

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

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...

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as they are injurious to...

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as they are injurious to...

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a...

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a...

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Flattery will get you nowhere

Flattery will get you nowhere

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.