It ought to be regarded as the work of many heads and many hands This was not, like the fabled Goddess of Wisdom, the offspring of a single brain.

You give me credit to which I have no claim in calling me 'the writer of the Constitution of the United States'. In matters of style, swim with the current in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses The greatest which could befall submission to a government of unlimited powersįrom time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another The price of freedom is eternal vigilance President, his last wordsīeer is proof that God wants us to be happy! statesman, author, and scientist Thomas Jefferson Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning.

I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peaceĪll mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast into the very lap of fortune for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety There us no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government Men will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrantsĮven peace may be purchased at too high a price In this world nothing is certain but death and taxesīy failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail statesman, author, and scientistĭemocracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch 'Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.

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