It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. – Thomas Jefferson
No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will. – Thomas Jefferson
I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another. – Thomas Jefferson
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. – Thomas Jefferson
The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it. – John Podhoretz