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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

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...

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist had he intended man for a...

The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist had he intended man for a...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the...

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the...

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

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

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow...

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

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

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

In bad luck hold out; in good luck, hold in

In bad luck hold out; in good luck, hold in

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done;...

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done;...