Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

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...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

This is the fourth?

This is the fourth?

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity...

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity...

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and...

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and...

The basis of our government (is) is opinion of the people.

The basis of our government (is) is opinion of the people.

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they...

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful...

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful...

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart...

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart...

The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and...

The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and...