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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed...

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed...

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up...

I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up...

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise...

A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

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

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

The merchant has no country

The merchant has no country

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the...

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

Extreme law is often extreme injustice