War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.
Thomas Jefferson
War, Inefficiency, Conflict, Loss, Critique
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“No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence.” Thomas Jefferson
Debt, Responsibility, Generations, Economics, Governance
Thomas Jefferson Debt, Responsibility, Generations, Economics, Governance“Reason and free inquiry are the only effective agents against error.” Thomas Jefferson
Reason, Inquiry, Error, Truth, Knowledge
Thomas Jefferson Reason, Inquiry, Error, Truth, Knowledge“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” Thomas Jefferson
Tyranny, God, Hostility, Freedom, Moral Conviction
Thomas Jefferson Tyranny, God, Hostility, Freedom, Moral Conviction“My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.” Thomas Jefferson
Aging, Fear, Mortality, Life Philosophy, Personal Reflection
Thomas Jefferson Aging, Fear, Mortality, Life Philosophy, Personal Reflection“What justice would there be to take this life? Justice, gentlemen? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this.” Thomas Jefferson
Justice, Life, Ethics, Morality, Critique
Thomas Jefferson Justice, Life, Ethics, Morality, Critique“Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people.” Thomas Jefferson
Government, Power, People, Influence, Dynamics
Thomas Jefferson Government, Power, People, Influence, Dynamics“Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.” Thomas Jefferson
Evil, Action, Responsibility, Morality, Social Justice
Thomas Jefferson Evil, Action, Responsibility, Morality, Social Justice“The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.” Thomas Jefferson
Opinion, Influence, Society, Change, Motivation
Thomas Jefferson Opinion, Influence, Society, Change, Motivation“All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.” Thomas Jefferson
Truth, Openness, Integrity, Honesty, Transparency
Thomas Jefferson Truth, Openness, Integrity, Honesty, Transparency“I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to the whites in the endowments of both body and mind.” Thomas Jefferson
Race, Supremacy, Controversy, Perception, Historical Context
Thomas Jefferson Race, Supremacy, Controversy, Perception, Historical Context“If you have to eat crow, eat it while it's young and tender.” Thomas Jefferson
Humility, Wisdom, Life Lessons, Personal Growth, Practical Advice
Thomas Jefferson Humility, Wisdom, Life Lessons, Personal Growth, Practical Advice“I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.” Thomas Jefferson
Rebellion, Politics, Change, Social Progress, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Rebellion, Politics, Change, Social Progress, Political Philosophy“A little rebellion is a good thing.” Thomas Jefferson
Rebellion, Change, Politics, Social Progress, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Rebellion, Change, Politics, Social Progress, Political Philosophy“No man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him.” Thomas Jefferson
Labor, Responsibility, Exploitation, Economics, Human Nature
Thomas Jefferson Labor, Responsibility, Exploitation, Economics, Human Nature“I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of morality for a public, and another for a private man.” Thomas Jefferson
Integrity, Morality, Public Life, Ethics, Consistency
Thomas Jefferson Integrity, Morality, Public Life, Ethics, Consistency“Every generation needs a new revolution.” Thomas Jefferson
Revolution, Change, Generations, Progress, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Revolution, Change, Generations, Progress, Political Philosophy“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.” Thomas Jefferson
Abuses, Despotism, Rights, Resistance, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Abuses, Despotism, Rights, Resistance, Political Philosophy“Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.” Thomas Jefferson
Money, Morality, Commerce, Critique, Society
Thomas Jefferson Money, Morality, Commerce, Critique, Society“Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus.” Thomas Jefferson
Ridicule, Ideas, Clarity, Religion, Theology
Thomas Jefferson Ridicule, Ideas, Clarity, Religion, Theology