conquest... |
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. The energies of the nation, as depends on me, shall b...
Posted by thomas jefferson on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:14:00 PST |
I wish that all nations |
...may recover and retain their independence; that those which are overgrown may not advance beyond safe measures of power, that a salutary balance may be forever maintained among nations, and that ou...
Posted by thomas jefferson on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:21:00 PST |
be patient |
A little patience and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to it's true principles. We must have lo...
Posted by thomas jefferson on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:38:00 PST |
tigers are mere lambs |
In truth, I do not recollect in all the animal kingdom a single species but man which is eternally and systematically engaged in the destruction of its own species. What is called civilization seems t...
Posted by thomas jefferson on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 07:32:00 PST |
declaration of independence |
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separa...
Posted by thomas jefferson on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 02:49:00 PST |
