When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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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...

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads...

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads...

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

Politics, like religion, hold up torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

Politics, like religion, hold up torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

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.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

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...

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...

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...

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending...

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits...

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits...

Official aid is more likely to retard development than to promote it.

Official aid is more likely to retard development than to promote it.

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek...

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek...

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right...

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right...