Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

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.

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

Tranquility is the old man's milk

Tranquility is the old man's milk

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel...

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel...

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one

Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....