Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads...

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads...

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of...

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of...

No government can continue good but under the control of the people.

No government can continue good but under the control of the people.

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant....

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant....

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

Experience (has) long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who...

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...

My views and feelings are in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it...

My views and feelings are in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it...

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one