The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in…

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

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...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things...

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things...

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...

I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

Taste cannot be controlled by law

Taste cannot be controlled by law

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

Do not spit into the well that you might need to drink out of.

Do not spit into the well that you might need to drink out of.