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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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,...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

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 find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

Freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus. I deem one of the...

Freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus. I deem one of the...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang...

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang...

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

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

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.

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...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and...

In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and...

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...

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

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

Care and diligence bring luck.

Care and diligence bring luck.

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person....

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person....

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with...

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with...