President

Jenius adalah anak kesedihan.

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Kebebasan tidak bisa dilestarikan tanpa pengetahuan umum di antara orang-orang.

Dalam politik, jalan tengah tidak ada sama sekali.

Kehebatan adalah kesalahan dari sebuah peperangan yang tidak dibutuhkan.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

In politics the middle way is none at all.

Ketakutan adalah fondasi sebagian besar pemerintah.

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

Ingat, demokrasi tidak pernah bertahan lama. Segera pemborosan, pembuangan, dan pembunuhan itu sendiri. Belum pernah ada demokrasi yang tidak bunuh diri.

The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.