The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government, as sores do to the strength of the human body.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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...

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a...

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a...

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

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...

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

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

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

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

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 find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

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...

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

America must raise an empire of permanent duration, supported upon the grand pillars of Truth,...

America must raise an empire of permanent duration, supported upon the grand pillars of Truth,...

I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression,...

I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression,...