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I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.
Whether I retire to bed early or late, I rise with the sun.
The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.
Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise.
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
If you have to eat crow, eat it while it's young and tender.
The Earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.
The past stays put, I just keep moving farther away from it.
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy.
Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.
No man has done everything he can who has done only his best.
Religions are all the same...Based upon legends and fantasies
Dependence begets subservience and paves the way for tyranny.
A pirate spreading misery and ruin over the face of the ocean
I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.
It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it.
Fear can only prevail when victims are ignorant of the facts.
Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.
There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.
[The People] are the ultimate, guardians of their own liberty.
Wine from long habit has become an indispensable for my health
Everyone must act according to the dictates of his own reason.
A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
Certain teachings in the Bible are as diamonds in a dung-heap.
The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.
The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.
If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can.
Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
I have not observed mens honesty to increase with their riches.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
The failure of one thing is repaired by the success of another.
All the States but our own are sensible that knowlege is power.
History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.
One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.
It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.
By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves.
The only true corrective of Constitutional abuses is education.
The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.
One war, such as that of our Revolution, is enough for one life.
Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.
The possession of facts is knowledge; the use of them is wisdom.
The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither.
Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.
Laws provide against injury from others; but not from ourselves.
Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone.
The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.