The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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 democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

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...

The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a...

The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a...

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and...

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and...

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy...

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy...

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.

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no...

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by...

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by...

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the...

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the...

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.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.