Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act if all the world were looking at you, and act accordingly.
Thomas Jefferson
Self-reflection, Integrity, Action, Responsibility, Conscience
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“Everything yields to diligence.” Thomas Jefferson
Diligence, Success, Effort, Work Ethic, Achievement
Thomas Jefferson Diligence, Success, Effort, Work Ethic, Achievement“That government that governs least governs best.” Thomas Jefferson
Government, Minimalism, Efficiency, Liberty, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Government, Minimalism, Efficiency, Liberty, Political Philosophy“Never was so much false arithmetic employed on any subject, as that which has been employed to persuade nations that it is in their interest to go to war.” Thomas Jefferson
War, Persuasion, Fallacy, Politics, Social Commentary
Thomas Jefferson War, Persuasion, Fallacy, Politics, Social Commentary“When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.” Thomas Jefferson
Cities, Corruption, Society, Warnings, Urbanization
Thomas Jefferson Cities, Corruption, Society, Warnings, Urbanization“A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.” Thomas Jefferson
Democracy, Education, Citizenship, Responsibility, Participation
Thomas Jefferson Democracy, Education, Citizenship, Responsibility, Participation“No stile of writing is so delightful as that which is all pith, which never omits a necessary word, nor uses an unnecessary one.” Thomas Jefferson
Writing, Style, Communication, Efficiency, Literary Advice
Thomas Jefferson Writing, Style, Communication, Efficiency, Literary Advice“I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God - my daughter to my country.” Thomas Jefferson
Sacrifice, Patriotism, Faith, Family, Legacy
Thomas Jefferson Sacrifice, Patriotism, Faith, Family, Legacy“Perfect happiness, I believe, was never intended by the Deity to be the lot of one of his creatures in this world; but that he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it is what I have steadfastly believed.” Thomas Jefferson
Happiness, Deity, Life, Human Potential, Spiritual Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Happiness, Deity, Life, Human Potential, Spiritual Philosophy“The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights.” Thomas Jefferson
Religion, Freedom, Rights, Constitution, Sacredness
Thomas Jefferson Religion, Freedom, Rights, Constitution, Sacredness“What we learn to do, we learn by doing.” Thomas Jefferson
Learning, Action, Experience, Growth, Education
Thomas Jefferson Learning, Action, Experience, Growth, Education“Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.” Thomas Jefferson
Ridicule, Reason, Argument, Humor, Intellectual Discourse
Thomas Jefferson Ridicule, Reason, Argument, Humor, Intellectual Discourse“Independence can be trusted nowhere but with the people in mass. They are inherently independent of all but moral law.” Thomas Jefferson
Independence, People, Trust, Governance, Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Independence, People, Trust, Governance, Philosophy“I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom.” Thomas Jefferson
Democracy, Freedom, People, Wealth, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Democracy, Freedom, People, Wealth, Political Philosophy“Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. To give praise where it is not due, might be well from the venal, but would ill beseem those who are asserting the rights of human nature.” Thomas Jefferson
Flattery, Integrity, Rights, Authenticity, Human Nature
Thomas Jefferson Flattery, Integrity, Rights, Authenticity, Human Nature“The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.” Thomas Jefferson
Advertising, Economics, Marketing, Logic, Humor
Thomas Jefferson Advertising, Economics, Marketing, Logic, Humor“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Thomas Jefferson
Liberty, Sacrifice, History, Revolution, Patriotism
Thomas Jefferson Liberty, Sacrifice, History, Revolution, Patriotism“I really look with commiseration over the great body of my fellow citizens who, reading newspapers, live and die in the belief that they have known something of what has been passing in their times.” Thomas Jefferson
Media, Awareness, Misinformation, Society, Critique
Thomas Jefferson Media, Awareness, Misinformation, Society, Critique“A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.” Thomas Jefferson
Happiness, Employment, Productivity, Mindset, Personal Fulfillment
Thomas Jefferson Happiness, Employment, Productivity, Mindset, Personal Fulfillment