The second office in the government is honorable and easy the first is but a splendid misery.
Quote by Thomas Jefferson
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The second office in the government is honorable and easy the first is but a splendid misery.
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Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will.
- Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
- The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
- There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.
- So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
- 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.
- I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
- I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
- It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.
- Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.
Best Quotes
- A government of laws, and not of men.
- Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.
- The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
- Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
- My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.
- A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
- Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive
- Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some RomCom dream man. But where's that going to get 'em? Besides divorce court?
- Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.
- Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.