One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his...

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his...

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

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

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the...

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the...

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

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...

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...

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.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility.

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.