I love peace, and am anxious that we should give the world still another useful lesson, by showing to them other modes of punishing injuries than by war, which is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.
Thomas Jefferson
Peace, Violence, Alternatives, War, Morality
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“If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?” Thomas Jefferson
Congress, Communication, Politics, Law, Critique
Thomas Jefferson Congress, Communication, Politics, Law, Critique“Should things go wrong at any time, the people will set them to rights by the peaceable exercise of their elective rights.” Thomas Jefferson
Democracy, Rights, Governance, Peaceful Resolution, Civil Engagement
Thomas Jefferson Democracy, Rights, Governance, Peaceful Resolution, Civil Engagement“Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise.” Thomas Jefferson
Economy, Freedom, Prosperity, Individual Enterprise, Economic Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Economy, Freedom, Prosperity, Individual Enterprise, Economic Philosophy“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.” Thomas Jefferson
Truth, Government, Error, Freedom, Intellectual Independence
Thomas Jefferson Truth, Government, Error, Freedom, Intellectual Independence“Nothing can be believed but what one sees, or has from an eye witness.” Thomas Jefferson
Belief, Evidence, Trust, Perception, Skepticism
Thomas Jefferson Belief, Evidence, Trust, Perception, Skepticism“Our minds and hearts are free to believe everything or nothing at all – and it is our duty to protect and perpetuate this sacred culture of freedom.” Thomas Jefferson
Freedom, Belief, Culture, Individual Liberty, Intellectual Freedom
Thomas Jefferson Freedom, Belief, Culture, Individual Liberty, Intellectual Freedom“The same political parties which now agitate the US have existed through all time. And in fact the terms of whig and tory belong to natural as well as to civil history. They denote the temper and constitution and mind of different individuals.” Thomas Jefferson
Politics, History, Parties, Identity, Change
Thomas Jefferson Politics, History, Parties, Identity, Change“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.” Thomas Jefferson
Family, Happiness, Love, Home, Contentment
Thomas Jefferson Family, Happiness, Love, Home, Contentment“That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.” Thomas Jefferson
Government, Participation, Democracy, Civic Engagement, Political Strength
Thomas Jefferson Government, Participation, Democracy, Civic Engagement, Political Strength“The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years.” Thomas Jefferson
Discipline, Routine, Life, Productivity, Personal Habits
Thomas Jefferson Discipline, Routine, Life, Productivity, Personal Habits“How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.” Thomas Jefferson
Worry, Pain, Anxiety, Unnecessary Suffering, Mental Health
Thomas Jefferson Worry, Pain, Anxiety, Unnecessary Suffering, Mental Health“I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance.” Thomas Jefferson
Hope, Labor, Liberty, Progress, Optimism
Thomas Jefferson Hope, Labor, Liberty, Progress, Optimism“But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.” Thomas Jefferson
Unity, Political Parties, Principles, Difference, Identity
Thomas Jefferson Unity, Political Parties, Principles, Difference, Identity“When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.” Thomas Jefferson
Public Trust, Responsibility, Governance, Accountability, Citizenship
Thomas Jefferson Public Trust, Responsibility, Governance, Accountability, Citizenship“I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.” Thomas Jefferson
Self-governance, Trust, Experiment, Freedom, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Self-governance, Trust, Experiment, Freedom, Political Philosophy“When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.” Thomas Jefferson
Cities, Corruption, Society, Warnings, Urbanization
Thomas Jefferson Cities, Corruption, Society, Warnings, Urbanization“A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.” Thomas Jefferson
Happiness, Employment, Productivity, Mindset, Personal Fulfillment
Thomas Jefferson Happiness, Employment, Productivity, Mindset, Personal Fulfillment“To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.” Thomas Jefferson
Independence, Debt, Economy, Liberty, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Independence, Debt, Economy, Liberty, Political Philosophy