The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

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...

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...

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

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...

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

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...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage.

Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage.

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of...

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of...