As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.
Thomas Jefferson
Reason, Action, Strength, Resolve, Conflict
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“Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” Thomas Jefferson
Compassion, Humanity, Ethics, Environment, Morality
Thomas Jefferson Compassion, Humanity, Ethics, Environment, Morality“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.” Thomas Jefferson
Gardening, Nature, Enjoyment, Passion, Personal Fulfillment
Thomas Jefferson Gardening, Nature, Enjoyment, Passion, Personal Fulfillment“Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens.” Thomas Jefferson
Agriculture, Independence, Virtue, Society, Ethical Living
Thomas Jefferson Agriculture, Independence, Virtue, Society, Ethical Living“Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors? Fallible men; men governed by bad passions, by private as well as public reasons. And why subject it to coercion? To produce uniformity. But is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than of face and stature.” Thomas Jefferson
Coercion, Opinion, Uniformity, Freedom, Public Discourse
Thomas Jefferson Coercion, Opinion, Uniformity, Freedom, Public Discourse“Eternal Vigilance is the price of democracy.” Thomas Jefferson
Vigilance, Democracy, Responsibility, Awareness, Civic Duty
Thomas Jefferson Vigilance, Democracy, Responsibility, Awareness, Civic Duty“It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.” Thomas Jefferson
Law, Justice, Rights, Integrity, Ethics
Thomas Jefferson Law, Justice, Rights, Integrity, Ethics“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“I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.” Thomas Jefferson
Military, Duty, Versatility, Leadership, Service
Thomas Jefferson Military, Duty, Versatility, Leadership, Service“We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” Thomas Jefferson
Majority, Participation, Democracy, Governance, Civic Engagement
Thomas Jefferson Majority, Participation, Democracy, Governance, Civic Engagement“The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers.” Thomas Jefferson
Government, Power, Liberty, Political Caution, Civil Rights
Thomas Jefferson Government, Power, Liberty, Political Caution, Civil Rights“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“I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to its laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another.” Thomas Jefferson
Generations, Rights, Freedom, Independence, Social Responsibility
Thomas Jefferson Generations, Rights, Freedom, Independence, Social Responsibility“One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.” Thomas Jefferson
Arms, Possession, Security, Preparedness, Human Nature
Thomas Jefferson Arms, Possession, Security, Preparedness, Human Nature“But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish religion, before his principles were departed from by those who professed to be his special servants, and perverted into an engine for enslaving mankind, and aggrandizing their oppressors in Church and State.” Thomas Jefferson
Religion, Reform, History, Oppression, Church-state Relations
Thomas Jefferson Religion, Reform, History, Oppression, Church-state Relations“The mobs of great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body.” Thomas Jefferson
Government, Cities, Society, Strength, Political Critique
Thomas Jefferson Government, Cities, Society, Strength, Political Critique“Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion.” Thomas Jefferson
Justice, Equality, Fairness, Rights, Legal Principles
Thomas Jefferson Justice, Equality, Fairness, Rights, Legal Principles“Without health there is no happiness. An attention to health, then, should take the place of every other object.” Thomas Jefferson
Health, Happiness, Well-being, Lifestyle, Personal Priorities
Thomas Jefferson Health, Happiness, Well-being, Lifestyle, Personal Priorities“It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.” Thomas Jefferson
Persuasion, Change, Patience, Human Nature, Improvement
Thomas Jefferson Persuasion, Change, Patience, Human Nature, Improvement