The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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...

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend...

The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend...

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...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

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.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that...

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that...

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

Earl of Sandwhich . . .You shall either die of the pox or on the...

Earl of Sandwhich . . .You shall either die of the pox or on the...

Bush said today he is being stalked. He said wherever he goes, people are following...

Bush said today he is being stalked. He said wherever he goes, people are following...