There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.
Thomas Jefferson
Equality, Justice, Fairness, Human Rights, Social Critique
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“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a moneyed aristocracy that has set the Government at defiance. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.” Thomas Jefferson
Banking, Liberty, Power, Economic Policy, Financial Reform
Thomas Jefferson Banking, Liberty, Power, Economic Policy, Financial Reform“Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise.” Thomas Jefferson
Economy, Freedom, Prosperity, Individual Enterprise, Economic Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Economy, Freedom, Prosperity, Individual Enterprise, Economic Philosophy“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“Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.” Thomas Jefferson
Willingness, Attitude, Effort, Perspective, Acceptance
Thomas Jefferson Willingness, Attitude, Effort, Perspective, Acceptance“There are two subjects, indeed, which I shall claim a right to further as long as I breathe: the public education, and the sub-division of counties into wards. I consider the continuance of republican government as absolutely hanging on these two hooks.” Thomas Jefferson
Education, Governance, Public Service, Community, Political Structure
Thomas Jefferson Education, Governance, Public Service, Community, Political Structure“I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force? Are there no means of coercing injustice more gratifying to our nature than a waste of the blood of thousands and of the labor of millions of our fellow creatures?” Thomas Jefferson
Humanity, Violence, War, Justice, Peace
Thomas Jefferson Humanity, Violence, War, Justice, Peace“Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.” Thomas Jefferson
Ignorance, Truth, Error, Knowledge, Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Ignorance, Truth, Error, Knowledge, Philosophy“I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.” Thomas Jefferson
Government, Energy, Control, Oppression, Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Government, Energy, Control, Oppression, Philosophy“When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.” Thomas Jefferson
Freedom, Security, Loss, Civic Philosophy, Political Warning
Thomas Jefferson Freedom, Security, Loss, Civic Philosophy, Political Warning“I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the latter in the being worshipped by many who think themselves Christians.” Thomas Jefferson
Atheism, Religion, Critique, Morality, Belief Systems
Thomas Jefferson Atheism, Religion, Critique, Morality, Belief Systems“Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion.” Thomas Jefferson
Justice, Equality, Fairness, Rights, Legal Principles
Thomas Jefferson Justice, Equality, Fairness, Rights, Legal Principles“The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us.” Thomas Jefferson
Liberty, Responsibility, Hope, Human Rights, Social Progress
Thomas Jefferson Liberty, Responsibility, Hope, Human Rights, Social Progress“To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language.” Thomas Jefferson
Obstacles, Patience, Perseverance, Communication, Strategy
Thomas Jefferson Obstacles, Patience, Perseverance, Communication, Strategy“Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens.” Thomas Jefferson
Agriculture, Independence, Virtue, Society, Ethical Living
Thomas Jefferson Agriculture, Independence, Virtue, Society, Ethical Living“Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.” Thomas Jefferson
Duty, Integrity, Recognition, Humanity, Personal Values
Thomas Jefferson Duty, Integrity, Recognition, Humanity, Personal Values“Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.” Thomas Jefferson
Evil, Action, Responsibility, Morality, Social Justice
Thomas Jefferson Evil, Action, Responsibility, Morality, Social Justice“I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.” Thomas Jefferson
Intolerance, Religion, Freedom, Rights, Moral Stance
Thomas Jefferson Intolerance, Religion, Freedom, Rights, Moral Stance“I consider the doctrines of Jesus as delivered by himself to contain the outlines of the sublimest system of morality that has ever been taught but I hold in the most profound detestation and execration the corruptions of it which have been invented...” Thomas Jefferson
Jesus, Morality, Doctrine, Faith, Critique
Thomas Jefferson Jesus, Morality, Doctrine, Faith, Critique