I can not live with out books.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness, is not left to the feeble and sophistical

Power is not alluring to pure minds

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be

We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty, and the pursuit of hap

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing [a people] to slavery.

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the loaves and fishes which arise out of war expenses, as for the chance of changing the Constitution

Peace is our passion

In times of peace the people look most to their representatives but in war, to the executive solely