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, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is...

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is...

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things...

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things...

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

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...

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...

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

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...

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

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...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

The danger is that the cruel arts of their oppressors have enchained their minds, have...

The danger is that the cruel arts of their oppressors have enchained their minds, have...

The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend...

The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error

All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error

People living deeply have no fear of death.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which...

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which...