Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the nation of the strings of the public purse is a salutary restraint from which an honest government ought not to wish nor a corrupt one…

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of...

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of...

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

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,...

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel...

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel...

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Tranquility is the old mans milk

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...

On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning...

On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning...

Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those...

Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those...

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his...

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

It takes true courage to be a dove, but no honor accrues to being an...

It takes true courage to be a dove, but no honor accrues to being an...

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.