In the environment, every victory is temporary, every defeat permanent.
Thomas Jefferson
Environment, Conservation, Struggle, Ecological Awareness, Environmental Philosophy
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“Religions are all alike—founded upon fables and mythologies.” Thomas Jefferson
Religion, Fables, Mythology, Critique, Belief Systems
Thomas Jefferson Religion, Fables, Mythology, Critique, Belief Systems“Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely gives him comfortable subsistence.” Thomas Jefferson
Vocation, Rights, Freedom, Personal Choice, Career Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Vocation, Rights, Freedom, Personal Choice, Career Philosophy“Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life: if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one.” Thomas Jefferson
Religion, Personal Belief, Integrity, Ethics, Privacy
Thomas Jefferson Religion, Personal Belief, Integrity, Ethics, Privacy“Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.” Thomas Jefferson
Beer, Moderation, Health, Enjoyment, Social Drinking
Thomas Jefferson Beer, Moderation, Health, Enjoyment, Social Drinking“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.” Thomas Jefferson
Government, Honesty, Integrity, Ethics, Leadership
Thomas Jefferson Government, Honesty, Integrity, Ethics, Leadership“Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.” Thomas Jefferson
Advertisements, Truth, Media, Skepticism, Journalism
Thomas Jefferson Advertisements, Truth, Media, Skepticism, Journalism“We shall all consider ourselves unauthorized to saddle posterity with our debts, and morally bound to pay them ourselves; and consequently within what may be deemed the period of a generation, or the life of the majority.” Thomas Jefferson
Debts, Posterity, Responsibility, Ethics, Civic Duty
Thomas Jefferson Debts, Posterity, Responsibility, Ethics, Civic Duty“Experience has already shown that the impeachment the Constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow.” Thomas Jefferson
Impeachment, Constitution, Governance, Political Critique, Accountability
Thomas Jefferson Impeachment, Constitution, Governance, Political Critique, Accountability“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” Thomas Jefferson
Friendship, Tolerance, Diversity, Opinion, Personal Relationships
Thomas Jefferson Friendship, Tolerance, Diversity, Opinion, Personal Relationships“An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.” Thomas Jefferson
Enemy, Belief, Subjectivity, Conflict, Perspective
Thomas Jefferson Enemy, Belief, Subjectivity, Conflict, Perspective“The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice.” Thomas Jefferson
Appearance, Worth, Beauty, Inner Value, Cultural Saying
Thomas Jefferson Appearance, Worth, Beauty, Inner Value, Cultural Saying“The mass of our citizens may be divided into two classes – the laboring and the learned. The laboring will need the first grade of education to qualify them for their pursuits and duties; the learned will need it as a foundation for further acquirements.” Thomas Jefferson
Education, Society, Class, Knowledge, Social Structure
Thomas Jefferson Education, Society, Class, Knowledge, Social Structure“Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. To give praise where it is not due, might be well from the venal, but would ill beseem those who are asserting the rights of human nature.” Thomas Jefferson
Flattery, Integrity, Rights, Authenticity, Human Nature
Thomas Jefferson Flattery, Integrity, Rights, Authenticity, Human Nature“Every gentleman plays billiards, but someone who plays billiards too well, is no gentleman.” Thomas Jefferson
Gentleman, Etiquette, Competition, Balance, Social Norms
Thomas Jefferson Gentleman, Etiquette, Competition, Balance, Social Norms“I really look with commiseration over the great body of my fellow citizens who, reading newspapers, live and die in the belief that they have known something of what has been passing in their times.” Thomas Jefferson
Media, Awareness, Misinformation, Society, Critique
Thomas Jefferson Media, Awareness, Misinformation, Society, Critique“No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.” Thomas Jefferson
Presidency, Reputation, Politics, Expectations, Leadership
Thomas Jefferson Presidency, Reputation, Politics, Expectations, Leadership“The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.” Thomas Jefferson
Policy, Freedom, Governance, Independence, Individualism
Thomas Jefferson Policy, Freedom, Governance, Independence, Individualism“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.” Thomas Jefferson
Truth, Knowledge, Ignorance, Wisdom, Human Nature
Thomas Jefferson Truth, Knowledge, Ignorance, Wisdom, Human Nature“There is not in the British empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But by the God that made me, I will cease to exist before I yield to a connection on such terms as the British Parliament propose.” Thomas Jefferson
Patriotism, Independence, Politics, National Identity, Historical Conflict
Thomas Jefferson Patriotism, Independence, Politics, National Identity, Historical Conflict