The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

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Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of...

Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of...

Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found...

Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found...

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but...

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but...

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves,...

The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves,...

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the...

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the...

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only...

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only...

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates...

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates...

A government of laws and not of men.

A government of laws and not of men.

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by...

Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by...

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no...

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no...

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate...

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were...

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were...

A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple...

A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple...

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...