We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy, to avoid burdening the people, and arming the magistrate with patronage of money, which might be used to corrupt and undermine the principles of our…

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality

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.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

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

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

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

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

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

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

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it...

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it...

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

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...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I find the medicine worse than the malady

I find the medicine worse than the malady

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.