Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our governm… — Quoted

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“Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.”

Thomas Jefferson · Government

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Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

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One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

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Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

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