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3rd president of US (1743 - 1826)

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I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

I believe that justice is instinct and innate, the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as the threat of feeling, seeing and hearing.

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.

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.

My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society, to lessen the disposition to war; but of its abolition I despair.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

The happiest moments of my life have a been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

Delay is preferable to error.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

I cannot live without books.

I live for books.

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.

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