In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. – Thomas Jefferson
No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will. – Thomas Jefferson

In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. – Thomas Jefferson
No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will. – Thomas Jefferson
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. – Thomas Jefferson
One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more. – Thomas Jefferson
The American doctrinaire is the converse of the American demagogue, and, in this way, is scarcely less injurious to the public. The first deals in poetry, the last in cant. He is as much a visionary on one side, as the extreme theoretical democrat is a visionary on the other. – James Fenimore Cooper