Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.
Quote by Thomas Jefferson
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Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.
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Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.
- Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.
- My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
- Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
- One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.
- I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
- The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
- The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.
- Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.
- It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
Best Quotes
- Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter.
- Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.
- No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on that road to happiness, Conservatives believe you should not be demonized or penalized for it.
- I spend a lot of time reading.
- Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.
- The future you shall know when it has come before then forget it.
- I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
- I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music.
- The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.