The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness, is not left to the feeble and sophistical

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain...

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can...

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

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...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

We never repent of having eaten too little.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and...

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and...

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road...

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road...

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,...

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I...

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I...

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

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

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

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

One man with courage is a majority.

One man with courage is a majority.

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow...

Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow...

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves,...

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves,...