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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

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...

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

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...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

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...

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang...

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang...

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and...

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...

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.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices...

When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices...

A book has but one vioce, but it does not instruct everyone alike.

A book has but one vioce, but it does not instruct everyone alike.