Quotes 101 till 120 of 131.
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
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The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.
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The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.
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The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.
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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
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The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.
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The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.
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The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
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There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
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To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
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To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.
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Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
Letter to Peter Carr, 19-08-1785 -
We are but tenants and shortly the great landlord will give us notice that our lease has expired.
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We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…
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We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.
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