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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The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which...

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which...

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

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...

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

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

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

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

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

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

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

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is...

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is...

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the...

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of...

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

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

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

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...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that...

It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that...

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants