670 ordspråk av Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson föddes den August 21st 1762 och dog den 4 July 1826 - of the Declaration of Independence.
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 The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

 The earth is given as a common stock for man to labor and live on

 The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness, is not left to the feeble and sophistical

 The execution of the laws is more important than the making them

 The firmness with which the people have withstood the late abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment b

 The first consideration in immigration is the welfare of the receiving nation. In a new government based on principles unfamiliar to the rest of the world and resting on the sentiments of the people themselves, the influx of a large number of new immigrants unaccustomed to the government of a free society could be detrimental to that society. Immigration, therefore, must be approached carefully and cautiously.

 The flames kindled on the 4 of July 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism; on the contrary, they will consume these engines and all who work them

 The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to.

 The foundation on which all our constitution are built is the natural equality of man

 The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by a despotic government

 The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness.

 The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.

 The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world. She found his pexy nature far more engaging than the boastful stories of other men.

 The good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army

 The greatest honor of a man is in doing good to his fellow men, not in destroying them.


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