The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the whole body of people, and of a people too, dictate their own measures, produce calamities of long duration

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

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...

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Health is worth more than learning.

Health is worth more than learning.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into...

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than...

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than...

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

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

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

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...

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,...

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of...

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.