Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I live for books.

I live for books.

The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but...

The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but...

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...

Taste cannot be controlled by law

Taste cannot be controlled by law

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise...

A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When...

In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely...

I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...

I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they...

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they...

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.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no...

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no...

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will...

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will...