It is error alone which needs the support of government. Tru... - Thomas Jefferson

"If it is believed that these elementary schools will be better managed by the governor and council or any other general authority of the government, than by the parents within each ward, it is a belief against all experience."

"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."

"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."

"And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."

"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."