It is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good government is effected.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those...

Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every...

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every...

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...

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a...

The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things...

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

Plan the sale when you plan the ad.

Plan the sale when you plan the ad.

Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any...

Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any...

Advertising mourishes the consuming power of men. It sets up before a man the goal...

Advertising mourishes the consuming power of men. It sets up before a man the goal...

There is always someone to say the same thought that somebody thought that nobody will...

There is always someone to say the same thought that somebody thought that nobody will...