627 ordspråk av Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson föddes den August 21st 1762 och dog den 4 July 1826 - of the Declaration of Independence.
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 I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty. |
| I have the consolation to reflect that during the period of my administration not a drop of the blood of a single fellow citizen was shed by the sword of war or of the law |
| I have the honor to be, your Excellency's most obedient humble servant |
| I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government. |
| I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing... |
| 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 take warning from the example of England and crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our Government to trial, and bid defiance to the laws of our country |
| I join you, therefore, in sincere congratulations that this den of the priesthood is at length broken up, and that a Protestant Popedom is no longer to disgrace the American history and character |
| I know it will give great offense to the clergy, but the advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from them |
| I know no safe depositary of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their |
| I know of no safe repository of the ultimate power of society but the people. And if we think them not enlightened enough, the remedy is not to take power from them, but to inform them by education. |
| I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. |
| I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people directly |
| I live for books. |
| I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment; but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor |
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