Thomas Jefferson

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn read more

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that read more

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that we should have nothing to do with conquest

I find that the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure read more

I find that the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held read more

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.