The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up...

I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

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...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall...

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall...

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.

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

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

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.