Tag: thomas jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson: Artificial aristocracy
“There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents… The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy.” -Thomas Jefferson.
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Thomas Jefferson: Count to one hundred
“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.” —Thomas Jefferson.
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Thomas Jefferson: Tax for education
“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.” —Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect, and author.
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Thomas Jefferson: Governments and newspapers
“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.” —Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect, and author (1743-1826).
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Thomas Jefferson: Care of human life
“The care of human life and not its destruction is the first and only object of good government.” —Thomas Jefferson.
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Thomas Jefferson: Style and principle
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” —Thomas Jefferson.
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Thomas Jefferson: Action
“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” —Thomas Jefferson.
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Thomas Jefferson: Artificial aristocracy
There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents… The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. -Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect, and author (13 Apr 1743-1826)
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Thomas Jefferson: Constitutionally ill-fitting
“Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment. I knew that age well; I belonged to it, and…
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Thomas Jefferson: Government
“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.” ~Thomas Jefferson.
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Thomas Jefferson: Democracy
“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. ” Thomas Jefferson. Embed from Getty Images
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Thomas Jefferson: Honesty
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” ~Thomas Jefferson. Embed from Getty Images
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Thomas Jefferson: Morality code
“I never believed there was one code of morality for a public and another for a private man. ” ~Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson: Polite society
“In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. ” Thomas Jefferson
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George Bernard Shaw: Respectability
“The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.” George Bernard Shaw Related articles George Bernard Shaw on communication (kipsthoughts.wordpress.com) Quote For The Day (thekindnesskronicles.wordpress.com)
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Thomas Jefferson: Taxes for education
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. -Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826).
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Thomas Jefferson: Luck and hard work
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” ~ Thomas Jefferson Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Thomas Jefferson: Shake off all the fears
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for 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…
Quite a Quote! 