I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as the threat of feeling, seeing and hearing.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Justice Quotes

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain...

Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...

My views and feelings are in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it...

My views and feelings are in favor of the abolition of war--and I hope it...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and...

What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus. I deem one of the...

Freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus. I deem one of the...

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing,...

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing,...

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope...

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope...

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or...

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or...