Politics, like religion, hold up torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice...

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

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...

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

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.

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value...

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value...

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has...

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has...

The merchant has no country

The merchant has no country

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

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.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

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...

I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be...

I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be...

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...