The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. – Thomas Jefferson
A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable. – Thomas Jefferson

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. – Thomas Jefferson
A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable. – Thomas Jefferson
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 blind-folded fear. – Thomas Jefferson
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. – Thomas Jefferson