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 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...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

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 have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up...

I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...

One man with courage is a majority.

One man with courage is a majority.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

I live for books.

I live for books.

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

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...

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one -...

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one -...

The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable,...

The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable,...