Thomas Jefferson ( 10 of 137 )
If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing read more
If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, then and only then will truth, prevail over fanaticism
Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.
Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.
Taste cannot be controlled by law.
Taste cannot be controlled by law.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as
public property.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as
public property.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
The hole and the patch should be commensurate.
The hole and the patch should be commensurate.
No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity
No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity
Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity
Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity
I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the read more
I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the industrious.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.