| Quotes |
Topic |
| Advice | I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. |
| Age | My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. |
| America | The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. |
| Brevity | The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. |
| Business | Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. |
| Censorship | I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too. |
| Censure | I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise. |
| Censure | I find that the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise. |
| Constitution | In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution. |
| Constitution | The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please. |
| Country | Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. |
| Cowardice | A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. |
| Debt | And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. |
| Debt | Never spend your money before you have it. |
| Declaration of Independence | We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independant, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness. |
| Duty | Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. |
| Earth | The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in. |
| Education | Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. |
| Faith | Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there is one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded faith. |
| Freedom of the Press | Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. |
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