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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind folded fear (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
The constitutions of most of our states assert that all power is inherent in the people; that. It is their right and duty to be at all times armed (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
No man complains of his neighbor for ill management of his affairs, for an error in sowing his land, or marrying his daughter, for consuming his substance in taverns... in all these he has liberty; but if he does not frequent the church, or then conform in ceremonies, there is an immediate uproar (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
If anything pass in a religious meeting seditiously and contrary to the public peace, let it be punished in the same manner and no otherwise than as if it had happened in a fair or market (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
The plough is to the farmer what the wand is to the sorcerer. Its effect is really like sorcery (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety, and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished, all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)
The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... From the conclusion of this war we shall be going downhill. It will not then be necessary to resort every moment to the people for support. They will be forgotten, therefore, and their rights disregarded. They will forget themselves, but in the sole faculty of making money, and will never think of uniting to affect a due respect for their rights. The shackles, therefore, will be made heavier and heavier, till our rights shall revive or expire in a convulsion (Thomas Jefferson Quotes)