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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

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...

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...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

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...

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

I can not live with out books.

I can not live with out books.

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...

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

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

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits...

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits...

The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition,...

The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition,...

We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.

We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...