Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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...

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will...

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

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...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

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...

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...

No government can continue good but under the control of the people.

No government can continue good but under the control of the people.

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...

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

Whats Minnie without Mickey, whats Tigger without Pooh? Whats Patrick without Spongebob, and whats me...

Whats Minnie without Mickey, whats Tigger without Pooh? Whats Patrick without Spongebob, and whats me...

True friendship is based on trust, honesty and sincere generosity of our hearts.

True friendship is based on trust, honesty and sincere generosity of our hearts.

There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference...

There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference...