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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Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

This is the fourth?

This is the fourth?

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or...

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or...

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...

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...

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...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less...

Taste cannot be controlled by law

Taste cannot be controlled by law

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

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.

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

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...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

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...

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical...