The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the...

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the...

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope...

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope...

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

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...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

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 liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...

The Spirit communicating to your spirit is the most effective and fundamental of communications. Write...

The Spirit communicating to your spirit is the most effective and fundamental of communications. Write...

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with...

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with...

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...