My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it...

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it...

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

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...

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

Power is not alluring to pure minds

Power is not alluring to pure minds

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

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.

Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned,...

Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned,...

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...

If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common...

If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common...

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.