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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I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

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,...

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg...

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg...

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that...

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that...

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and...

In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and...

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...

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...

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 liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the...

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the...

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves...

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and...

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree...

The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree...

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and...

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and...

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that...

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that...