Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both always in proportion as it is free.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

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.

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

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

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by...

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

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...

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair...

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair...

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

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

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...

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

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

Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and...

Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and...

The best answer to anger is silence.

The best answer to anger is silence.