Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice...

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice...

No government can continue good but under the control of the people.

No government can continue good but under the control of the people.

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I...

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I...

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as...

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds...

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds...

Education is going forward from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.

Education is going forward from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many...

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many...