The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

This is the fourth?

This is the fourth?

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

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.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

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...

On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning...

On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...