The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

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...

The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but...

The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they...

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

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...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they...

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they...

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

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...

All authority belongs to the people

All authority belongs to the people

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 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

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood...

A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood...

Motherhood has relaxed me in many ways. You learn to deal with crisis. I've become...

Motherhood has relaxed me in many ways. You learn to deal with crisis. I've become...