The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will...

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

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...

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...

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

The merchant has no country

The merchant has no country

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the...

Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.