Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
Thomas Jefferson
Happiness, Conscience, Health, Freedom, Fulfillment
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“Coffee – the favorite drink of the civilized world.” Thomas Jefferson
Coffee, Culture, Civilization, Beverage, Enjoyment
Thomas Jefferson Coffee, Culture, Civilization, Beverage, Enjoyment“The love of justice and the love of country plead equally the cause of these people, and it is a moral reproach to us that they should have pleaded it so long in vain.” Thomas Jefferson
Justice, Patriotism, Morality, Social Progress, Human Rights
Thomas Jefferson Justice, Patriotism, Morality, Social Progress, Human Rights“We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication.” Thomas Jefferson
Gospels, Critique, Religion, Ignorance, Belief Systems
Thomas Jefferson Gospels, Critique, Religion, Ignorance, Belief Systems“We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.” Thomas Jefferson
Generation, Rights, Democracy, Social Contract, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Generation, Rights, Democracy, Social Contract, Political Philosophy“I like my coffee like I like my women.” Thomas Jefferson
Coffee, Preferences, Humor, Personal Taste, Metaphor
Thomas Jefferson Coffee, Preferences, Humor, Personal Taste, Metaphor“Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.” Thomas Jefferson
Labor, Agriculture, Value, Spirituality, Nature
Thomas Jefferson Labor, Agriculture, Value, Spirituality, Nature“Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.” Thomas Jefferson
Pride, Humility, Human Nature, Wisdom, Personal Reflection
Thomas Jefferson Pride, Humility, Human Nature, Wisdom, Personal Reflection“Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands.” Thomas Jefferson
Farmers, Agriculture, Value, Citizenship, Virtue
Thomas Jefferson Farmers, Agriculture, Value, Citizenship, Virtue“Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable for, not the rightness, but the uprightness of the decision.” Thomas Jefferson
Reason, Responsibility, Decision-making, Integrity, Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Reason, Responsibility, Decision-making, Integrity, Philosophy“I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.” Thomas Jefferson
Religion, Christianity, Criticism, Personal Belief, Religious Skepticism
Thomas Jefferson Religion, Christianity, Criticism, Personal Belief, Religious Skepticism“Paul was the first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus.” Thomas Jefferson
Religion, Corruption, Doctrine, Critique, Historical Perspective
Thomas Jefferson Religion, Corruption, Doctrine, Critique, Historical Perspective“It is a melancholy truth, that a suppression of the press could not more completely deprive the nation of its benefits than is done by its abandoned prostitution to falsehood.” Thomas Jefferson
Press, Falsehood, Truth, Media Integrity, Information Manipulation
Thomas Jefferson Press, Falsehood, Truth, Media Integrity, Information Manipulation“We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.” Thomas Jefferson
Pledge, Commitment, Honor, Unity, Sacrifice
Thomas Jefferson Pledge, Commitment, Honor, Unity, Sacrifice“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“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 hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” Thomas Jefferson
Corporations, Aristocracy, Government, Power, Economic Justice
Thomas Jefferson Corporations, Aristocracy, Government, Power, Economic Justice“Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism. Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence.” Thomas Jefferson
Government, Freedom, Vigilance, Political Philosophy, Civic Responsibility
Thomas Jefferson Government, Freedom, Vigilance, Political Philosophy, Civic Responsibility“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