Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Thomas Jefferson
Peace, Friendship, Diplomacy, International Relations, Policy
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“The introduction of so powerful an agent as steam to a carriage on wheels will make a great change in the situation of man.” Thomas Jefferson
Innovation, Steam, Technology, Change, Progress
Thomas Jefferson Innovation, Steam, Technology, Change, Progress“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” Thomas Jefferson
Education, Reading, Knowledge, Media Criticism, Intellectual Growth
Thomas Jefferson Education, Reading, Knowledge, Media Criticism, Intellectual Growth“There is a fulness of time when men should go, and not occupy too long the ground to which others have a right to advance.” Thomas Jefferson
Timing, Progress, Change, Rights, Social Evolution
Thomas Jefferson Timing, Progress, Change, Rights, Social Evolution“I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude.” Thomas Jefferson
Liberty, Servitude, Choice, Personal Freedom, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Liberty, Servitude, Choice, Personal Freedom, Political Philosophy“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“The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.” Thomas Jefferson
Education, Taxation, Ignorance, Society, Social Justice
Thomas Jefferson Education, Taxation, Ignorance, Society, Social Justice“To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson
Compulsion, Funding, Belief, Morality, Tyranny
Thomas Jefferson Compulsion, Funding, Belief, Morality, Tyranny“Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” Thomas Jefferson
Power, Government, Tyranny, Experience, History
Thomas Jefferson Power, Government, Tyranny, Experience, History“Adore God. Reverence and cherish your parents. Love your neighbor as yourself, and your country more than yourself. Be just. Be true. Murmur not at the ways of Providence. So shall the life into which you have entered be the portal to one of eternal and ineffable bliss.” Thomas Jefferson
God, Love, Morality, Family, Community
Thomas Jefferson God, Love, Morality, Family, Community“We never repent of having eaten too little.” Thomas Jefferson
Moderation, Consumption, Food, Lifestyle, Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Moderation, Consumption, Food, Lifestyle, Philosophy“The colleges of Edinburgh and Geneva as seminaries of science, are considered as the two eyes of Europe. While Great Britain and America give the preference to the former, all other countries give it to the latter.” Thomas Jefferson
Education, Institutions, Knowledge, Europe, Cultural Significance
Thomas Jefferson Education, Institutions, Knowledge, Europe, Cultural Significance“While the farmer holds the title to the land, actually, it belongs to all the people because civilization itself rests upon the soil.” Thomas Jefferson
Land, Agriculture, Community, Civilization, Ownership
Thomas Jefferson Land, Agriculture, Community, Civilization, Ownership“The only thing a man can take beyond this lifetime is his ethics.” Thomas Jefferson
Ethics, Legacy, Values, Life, Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Ethics, Legacy, Values, Life, Philosophy“Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” Thomas Jefferson
Integrity, Behavior, Accountability, Personal Conduct, Moral Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Integrity, Behavior, Accountability, Personal Conduct, Moral Philosophy“Victory and defeat are each of the same price.” Thomas Jefferson
Victory, Defeat, War, Philosophy, Personal Reflection
Thomas Jefferson Victory, Defeat, War, Philosophy, Personal Reflection“We need a revolution every 20 years just to keep government honest.” Thomas Jefferson
Revolution, Government, Honesty, Change, Political Critique
Thomas Jefferson Revolution, Government, Honesty, Change, Political Critique“There is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.” Thomas Jefferson
Truth, Fearlessness, Honesty, Openness, Integrity
Thomas Jefferson Truth, Fearlessness, Honesty, Openness, Integrity“Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.” Thomas Jefferson
Listening, Silence, Politics, Self-reflection, Wisdom
Thomas Jefferson Listening, Silence, Politics, Self-reflection, Wisdom