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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

I cannot live without books.

I cannot live without books.

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...

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed...

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less...

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

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...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

In all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance

In all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.