The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them, they cannot love us.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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.

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...

Conscience is the only clue that will eternally guide a man clear of all doubts...

Conscience is the only clue that will eternally guide a man clear of all doubts...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

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...

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as...

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,...

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...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper...

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper...

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

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...

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my...

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my...

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than...

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than...

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a...

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a...