Thomas Jefferson ( 10 of 137 )
I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of read more
I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.
Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity
Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity
Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried
Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, read more
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. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable
I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the read more
I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the industrious.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty.
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
Victory and defeat are each of the same price.
Victory and defeat are each of the same price.
I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the read more
I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become read more
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.
