Wine brightens the life and thinking of anyone.
Thomas Jefferson
Wine, Life, Enjoyment, Culture, Social Interaction
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“We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.” Thomas Jefferson
Generation, Rights, Democracy, Social Contract, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Generation, Rights, Democracy, Social Contract, Political Philosophy“It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately.” Thomas Jefferson
Morality, Society, Absurdity, Human Nature, Collective Ethics
Thomas Jefferson Morality, Society, Absurdity, Human Nature, Collective Ethics“We see the wisdom of Solon's remark, that no more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.” Thomas Jefferson
Progress, Wisdom, Governance, Social Change, Political Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Progress, Wisdom, Governance, Social Change, Political Philosophy“If our country, when pressed with wrongs at the point of the bayonet, had been governed by its heads instead of its hearts, where should we have been now? Hanging on a gallows as high as Haman’s.” Thomas Jefferson
Governance, Emotion, History, Justice, Reflection
Thomas Jefferson Governance, Emotion, History, Justice, Reflection“I cannot live without books: but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object.” Thomas Jefferson
Books, Reading, Knowledge, Amusement, Personal Preference
Thomas Jefferson Books, Reading, Knowledge, Amusement, Personal Preference“We are the friends of liberty everywhere, but the guarantors of only our own.” Thomas Jefferson
Liberty, Friendship, Responsibility, Nationalism, Global Perspective
Thomas Jefferson Liberty, Friendship, Responsibility, Nationalism, Global Perspective“The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.” Thomas Jefferson
Life, Legacy, Humanity, Present, Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Life, Legacy, Humanity, Present, Philosophy“The genius of architecture seems to have shed its maledictions over this land.” Thomas Jefferson
Architecture, Criticism, Culture, Aesthetics, National Character
Thomas Jefferson Architecture, Criticism, Culture, Aesthetics, National Character“The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice.” Thomas Jefferson
Appearance, Worth, Beauty, Inner Value, Cultural Saying
Thomas Jefferson Appearance, Worth, Beauty, Inner Value, Cultural Saying“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” Thomas Jefferson
Future, Dreams, Optimism, Change, Reflection
Thomas Jefferson Future, Dreams, Optimism, Change, Reflection“I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.” Thomas Jefferson
Education, Books, Morality, Family, Citizenship
Thomas Jefferson Education, Books, Morality, Family, Citizenship“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“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.” Thomas Jefferson
Powers, Society, People, Enlightenment, Responsibility
Thomas Jefferson Powers, Society, People, Enlightenment, Responsibility“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” Thomas Jefferson
Ignorance, Freedom, Civilization, Expectations, Reality
Thomas Jefferson Ignorance, Freedom, Civilization, Expectations, Reality“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“The mass of our citizens may be divided into two classes – the laboring and the learned. The laboring will need the first grade of education to qualify them for their pursuits and duties; the learned will need it as a foundation for further acquirements.” Thomas Jefferson
Education, Society, Class, Knowledge, Social Structure
Thomas Jefferson Education, Society, Class, Knowledge, Social Structure“The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being.” Thomas Jefferson
Press, Enlightenment, Education, Social Progress, Intellectual Growth
Thomas Jefferson Press, Enlightenment, Education, Social Progress, Intellectual Growth“Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.” Thomas Jefferson
Money, Morality, Commerce, Critique, Society
Thomas Jefferson Money, Morality, Commerce, Critique, Society