The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that...

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

The merchant has no country

The merchant has no country

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...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value...

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value...

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied,...

Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied,...

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it...

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it...