There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and...
I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office.
An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...
As our enemies have found we can reason like men so now let us show them we...
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.
Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house for...
I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge never fearing to follow truth and...
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with...
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
The moment a person forms a theory his imagination sees in every object only...
My theory has always been that if we are to dream the flatteries of hope...
One loves to possess arms though they hope never to have occasion for them.
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power and teach us that the less we...
Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.
It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give...
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that...
The second office in the government is honorable and easy the first is but a...
No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one...
That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.
So confident am I in the intentions as well as wisdom of the government...
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always...
Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain...
If you take a look at history you will find that the understanding of what is good and evil has always existed before the individual religions. The religions were only invented by people afterwards in order to express this idea.
