My views and feelings are in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society, to lessen the disposition to war; but of its abolition I despair.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to...

Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his...

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his...

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can...

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

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...

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves...

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves...

Power is not alluring to pure minds

Power is not alluring to pure minds

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

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

I adore himï¿½ I have never been so happy. I have real love.

I adore himï¿½ I have never been so happy. I have real love.

Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.

Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.