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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I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

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 like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

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...

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.

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...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning...

On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

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...

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.