Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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...

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the...

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the...

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

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...

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the...

Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the...

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist had he intended man for a...

The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist had he intended man for a...

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend...

The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

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...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but...

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, &...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, &...