Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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All authority belongs to the people

All authority belongs to the people

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

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...

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the...

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the...

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...

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...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I...

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.

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

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...

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

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

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

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.

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a peace conference, you can...

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a peace conference, you can...

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.