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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Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road...

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road...

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...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

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...

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

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...

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

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

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

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.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

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...

Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and...

Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and...