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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Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

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...

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the...

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the...

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant....

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant....

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a...

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a...

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...

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

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...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms...

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms...

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

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...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that...

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that...

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil...

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil...

FEAR is an acronym in the English language for False Evidence Appearing Real

FEAR is an acronym in the English language for False Evidence Appearing Real

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance;...

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance;...