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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The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less...

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the...

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the...

What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and...

What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and...

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy...

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy...

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

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

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

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...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this...

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this...

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers...

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers...

He who angers you conquers you.

He who angers you conquers you.

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.