Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

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...

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

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...

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which...

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which...

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg...

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg...

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.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil...

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

Watching a funny movie after a scary one to try to reduce the risk of...

Watching a funny movie after a scary one to try to reduce the risk of...

The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters...

The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters...