In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also.
Thomas Jefferson
Defense, Violence, Peace, Resistance, Civil Rights
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“Above all things, lose no occasion of exercising your dispositions to be grateful, to be generous, to be charitable, to be humane, to be true, just, firm, orderly, courageous, etc. Consider every act of this kind as an exercise which will strengthen your moral faculties and increase your worth.” Thomas Jefferson
Virtue, Character, Morality, Personal Growth, Ethical Living
Thomas Jefferson Virtue, Character, Morality, Personal Growth, Ethical Living“To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language.” Thomas Jefferson
Obstacles, Patience, Perseverance, Communication, Strategy
Thomas Jefferson Obstacles, Patience, Perseverance, Communication, Strategy“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.” Thomas Jefferson
Anger, Patience, Self-control, Advice, Emotional Intelligence
Thomas Jefferson Anger, Patience, Self-control, Advice, Emotional Intelligence“The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.” Thomas Jefferson
Skepticism, Mind, Human Nature, Growth, Understanding
Thomas Jefferson Skepticism, Mind, Human Nature, Growth, Understanding“Nothing can stop the person with the right mental attitude from achieving their goal; nothing on earth can help the person with the wrong mental attitude.” Thomas Jefferson
Attitude, Success, Motivation, Mindset, Personal Development
Thomas Jefferson Attitude, Success, Motivation, Mindset, Personal Development“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” Thomas Jefferson
Work, Luck, Success, Perseverance, Personal Growth
Thomas Jefferson Work, Luck, Success, Perseverance, Personal Growth“Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence Of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia.” Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson, History, Legacy, Independence, Education
Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, History, Legacy, Independence, Education“From candlelight to early bedtime, I read.” Thomas Jefferson
Reading, Habits, Knowledge, Relaxation, Personal Routine
Thomas Jefferson Reading, Habits, Knowledge, Relaxation, Personal Routine“If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common sense will suffice to do everything else.” Thomas Jefferson
Bigotry, Priestcraft, Progress, Common Sense, Social Change
Thomas Jefferson Bigotry, Priestcraft, Progress, Common Sense, Social Change“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“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.” Thomas Jefferson
Arms, Crime, Law, Rights, Self-defense
Thomas Jefferson Arms, Crime, Law, Rights, Self-defense“Reason and free inquiry are the only effective agents against error.” Thomas Jefferson
Reason, Inquiry, Error, Truth, Knowledge
Thomas Jefferson Reason, Inquiry, Error, Truth, Knowledge“If there be any among us who wish to dissolve the Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed, as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.” Thomas Jefferson
Union, Change, Freedom, Tolerance, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Union, Change, Freedom, Tolerance, Political Philosophy“In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.” Thomas Jefferson
Politeness, Virtue, Behavior, Social Norms, Character Development
Thomas Jefferson Politeness, Virtue, Behavior, Social Norms, Character Development“The possession of facts is knowledge; the use of them is wisdom.” Thomas Jefferson
Knowledge, Wisdom, Facts, Understanding, Learning
Thomas Jefferson Knowledge, Wisdom, Facts, Understanding, Learning“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.” Thomas Jefferson
Wisdom, Power, Growth, Restraint, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Wisdom, Power, Growth, Restraint, Political Philosophy“If you are obliged to neglect any thing, let it be your chemistry. It is the least useful and the least amusing to a country gentleman of all the ordinary branches of science.” Thomas Jefferson
Science, Education, Priorities, Rural Life, Personal Advice
Thomas Jefferson Science, Education, Priorities, Rural Life, Personal Advice“Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends.” Thomas Jefferson
Exercise, Health, Order, Mental Wellbeing, Personal Value
Thomas Jefferson Exercise, Health, Order, Mental Wellbeing, Personal Value