Against us are all timid men who prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty. We are likely to preserve the liberty we have obtained only by unremitting labors and perils.
Thomas Jefferson
Liberty, Despotism, Courage, Struggle, Political Philosophy
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“The monopoly of a single bank is certainly an evil. The multiplication of them was intended to cure it; but it multiplied an influence of the same character with the first, and completed the supplanting the precious metals by a paper circulation. Between such parties the less we meddle the better.” Thomas Jefferson
Banking, Monopoly, Economics, Currency, Financial Systems
Thomas Jefferson Banking, Monopoly, Economics, Currency, Financial Systems“One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.” Thomas Jefferson
Travel, Reflection, Solitude, Self-discovery, Personal Growth
Thomas Jefferson Travel, Reflection, Solitude, Self-discovery, Personal Growth“If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong.” Thomas Jefferson
Health, Mind, Body, Strength, Human Condition
Thomas Jefferson Health, Mind, Body, Strength, Human Condition“Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen, people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.” Thomas Jefferson
Labor, Agriculture, Virtue, Faith, Society
Thomas Jefferson Labor, Agriculture, Virtue, Faith, Society“A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.” Thomas Jefferson
Judiciary, Governance, Independence, Constitution, Political Theory
Thomas Jefferson Judiciary, Governance, Independence, Constitution, Political Theory“The only way to win money out of a casino is to own one.” Thomas Jefferson
Casino, Economics, Risk, Ownership, Humor
Thomas Jefferson Casino, Economics, Risk, Ownership, Humor“Amplification is the vice of modern oratory. It is an insult to an assembly of reasonable men, disgusting and revolting instead of persuading. Speeches measured by the hour die by the hour.” Thomas Jefferson
Oratory, Communication, Persuasion, Critique, Rhetoric
Thomas Jefferson Oratory, Communication, Persuasion, Critique, Rhetoric“The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.” Thomas Jefferson
Life, Legacy, Humanity, Present, Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Life, Legacy, Humanity, Present, Philosophy“Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” Thomas Jefferson
Power, Government, Tyranny, Experience, History
Thomas Jefferson Power, Government, Tyranny, Experience, History“Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.” Thomas Jefferson
Games, Violence, Character, Mind, Reflection
Thomas Jefferson Games, Violence, Character, Mind, Reflection“Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry...” Thomas Jefferson
Civil Rights, Religion, Independence, Opinions, Equality
Thomas Jefferson Civil Rights, Religion, Independence, Opinions, Equality“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.” Thomas Jefferson
Powers, Society, People, Enlightenment, Responsibility
Thomas Jefferson Powers, Society, People, Enlightenment, Responsibility“The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?” Thomas Jefferson
God, Liberty, Security, Belief, National Values
Thomas Jefferson God, Liberty, Security, Belief, National Values“No government can continue good, but under the control of the people.” Thomas Jefferson
Government, Control, Democracy, People, Accountability
Thomas Jefferson Government, Control, Democracy, People, Accountability“Man is not made for the State but the State for man and it derives its just powers only from the consent of the governed.” Thomas Jefferson
State, Man, Consent, Governance, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson State, Man, Consent, Governance, Political Philosophy“If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.” Thomas Jefferson
Conquest, American Values, Non-intervention, Principles, History
Thomas Jefferson Conquest, American Values, Non-intervention, Principles, History“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.” Thomas Jefferson
Corruption, Republic, Restoration, Principles, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Corruption, Republic, Restoration, Principles, Political Philosophy“No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity.” Thomas Jefferson
Ignorance, Nation, Responsibility, Education, Awareness
Thomas Jefferson Ignorance, Nation, Responsibility, Education, Awareness