No government can continue good but under the control of the people.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the...

Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the...

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.

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...

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.

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Tranquility is the old mans milk

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I...

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I...

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.

To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.

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 press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is...

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is...

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The...

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The...

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.