No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage. It is, in truth, the only antidote to the bane of whiskey.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

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.

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

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...

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.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

This is the fourth?

This is the fourth?

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...

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,...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the...

Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the...