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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Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

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 only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree...

The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree...

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain...

Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain...

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government.

How much does free cost?

How much does free cost?

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,...

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 do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel...

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel...

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads...

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads...

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Aristocracy is always cruel

Aristocracy is always cruel

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off;...

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off;...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...

You can't fix education until you fix the community, education is not a building but...

You can't fix education until you fix the community, education is not a building but...