Thomas Jefferson

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."

"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."

"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today."

"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."

"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."

"Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?"

"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine."

"Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error."

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."