The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of...

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of...

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...

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

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...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

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...

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

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...

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every...

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

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...

We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal...

We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal...

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing,...

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing,...

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...

Life stops when you stop dreaming, hope ends when you stop believing, love ends when...

Life stops when you stop dreaming, hope ends when you stop believing, love ends when...

At the end of the day, you're better off caring about yourself than anyone else.

At the end of the day, you're better off caring about yourself than anyone else.

When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or...

When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...