No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into it

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the...

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...

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

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

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

I can not live with out books.

I can not live with out books.

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms...

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms...

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

The merchant has no country

The merchant has no country

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned,...

Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned,...

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...

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history....

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history....

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is...

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is...