Thomas Jefferson ( 10 of 137 )
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our read more
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief read more
In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.
The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what read more
The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.
The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn read more
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
