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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my...

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my...

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than...

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than...

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

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

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

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.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

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

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

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 never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...

I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit...

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit...

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It...

Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It...

When a girl says that she can't live without you, she has made up her...

When a girl says that she can't live without you, she has made up her...

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each...

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each...

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...