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

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read

All authority belongs to the people

All authority belongs to the people

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of...

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of...

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...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

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 defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but...

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but...

It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather...

It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather...