The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state.
Thomas Jefferson
Slavery, Abolition, Freedom, Human Rights, Historical Context
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“The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.” Thomas Jefferson
Leadership, Responsibility, Power, Political Office, Public Service
Thomas Jefferson Leadership, Responsibility, Power, Political Office, Public Service“Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors? Fallible men; men governed by bad passions, by private as well as public reasons. And why subject it to coercion? To produce uniformity. But is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than of face and stature.” Thomas Jefferson
Coercion, Opinion, Uniformity, Freedom, Public Discourse
Thomas Jefferson Coercion, Opinion, Uniformity, Freedom, Public Discourse“To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.” Thomas Jefferson
Education, Enlightenment, Knowledge, Social Progress, Intellectual Growth
Thomas Jefferson Education, Enlightenment, Knowledge, Social Progress, Intellectual Growth“The worst day in a man’s life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing.” Thomas Jefferson
Discontent, Labor, Ethics, Value, Work
Thomas Jefferson Discontent, Labor, Ethics, Value, Work“Paper is poverty, it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself.” Thomas Jefferson
Paper, Economy, Value, Critique, Currency
Thomas Jefferson Paper, Economy, Value, Critique, Currency“The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.” Thomas Jefferson
Life, Legacy, Humanity, Present, Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Life, Legacy, Humanity, Present, Philosophy“Taxation is, in fact, the most difficult function of government and that against which their citizens are most apt to be refractory.” Thomas Jefferson
Taxation, Government, Challenges, Society, Civic Engagement
Thomas Jefferson Taxation, Government, Challenges, Society, Civic Engagement“The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities.” Thomas Jefferson
Parenting, Tyranny, Education, Influence, Social Dynamics
Thomas Jefferson Parenting, Tyranny, Education, Influence, Social Dynamics“Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction.” Thomas Jefferson
Abundance, Character, Values, Personal Integrity, Societal Collapse
Thomas Jefferson Abundance, Character, Values, Personal Integrity, Societal Collapse“Men as well as rivers grow crooked by following the path of least resistance.” Thomas Jefferson
Resistance, Growth, Change, Life Lessons, Human Nature
Thomas Jefferson Resistance, Growth, Change, Life Lessons, Human Nature“Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.” Thomas Jefferson
Majority, Rights, Reason, Justice, Governance
Thomas Jefferson Majority, Rights, Reason, Justice, Governance“Never use two words when one will do.” Thomas Jefferson
Brevity, Communication, Clarity, Efficiency, Writing
Thomas Jefferson Brevity, Communication, Clarity, Efficiency, Writing“The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance.” Thomas Jefferson
Freedom, Vigilance, Responsibility, Democracy, Civic Engagement
Thomas Jefferson Freedom, Vigilance, Responsibility, Democracy, Civic Engagement“Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality.” Thomas Jefferson
Gender, Equality, Empowerment, Society, Feminism
Thomas Jefferson Gender, Equality, Empowerment, Society, Feminism“So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants.” Thomas Jefferson
Consequences, History, Interconnectedness, Political Events, Social Change
Thomas Jefferson Consequences, History, Interconnectedness, Political Events, Social Change“We will be soldiers, so our sons may be farmers, so their sons may be artists.” Thomas Jefferson
Generations, Legacy, Occupation, Agriculture, Creativity
Thomas Jefferson Generations, Legacy, Occupation, Agriculture, Creativity“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
Thomas Jefferson Peace, Friendship, Diplomacy, International Relations, Policy“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