The danger is that the cruel arts of their oppressors have enchained their minds, have kept them in the ignorance of children, and as incapable of self-government as children. If the obstacles of bigotry, the shackles of the priest-craft can…

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more...

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...

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may...

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may...

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

Health is worth more than learning.

Health is worth more than learning.

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

The reason doctors are so dangerous is that they believe in what they are doing.

The reason doctors are so dangerous is that they believe in what they are doing.