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 hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

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...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less...

Tranquility is the old man's milk

Tranquility is the old man's milk

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

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...

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a...

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than...

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than...

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top -...

Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top -...

Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit...

Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit...