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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

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.

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read

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,...

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

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.

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall...

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall...

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.

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

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...

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

If government have a right of demanding ad libitum and of taxing us themselves to...

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.

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

Everything reminds Milton Friedman of the money supply. Well, everything reminds me of sex, but...

Everything reminds Milton Friedman of the money supply. Well, everything reminds me of sex, but...

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it...

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it...