Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

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...

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

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...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows...

Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows...

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of...

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of...

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,...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

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...

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as...

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly...

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly...

All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have...

All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have...