The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruct... - Thomas Jefferson
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."
"A nation which expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, expects that which never was and never will be."
"I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."