I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Happiness Quotes, Power Quotes

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government.

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that...

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

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.

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can...

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can...

A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is...

A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is...