The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

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,...

How much does free cost?

How much does free cost?

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...

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,...

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has...

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has...

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...

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...

Among the most inestimable of our blessings, also, is that.. of liberty to worship our...

Among the most inestimable of our blessings, also, is that.. of liberty to worship our...

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 live for books.

I live for books.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...

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...

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.