The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of...

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I...

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all...

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all...

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed...

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed...

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

My views and feelings are in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it...

My views and feelings are in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

There is a force that drives everything in this universe; you may call it anything...

There is a force that drives everything in this universe; you may call it anything...

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend...

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend...