My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. – Thomas Jefferson
That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part. – Thomas Jefferson

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. – Thomas Jefferson
That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part. – Thomas Jefferson
Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted. – Thomas Jefferson
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. – Thomas Jefferson
There are two great rules of life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can, in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less an exception to the general rule. – Samuel Butler