Thomas Jefferson ( 10 of 137 )
Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried
Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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
Victory and defeat are each of the same price.
Victory and defeat are each of the same price.
I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of read more
I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, read more
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable
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.
I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the read more
I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.
We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independant, that from that read more
We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independant, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness.
That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
