I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of morality for a public, and another for a private man

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Faith Quotes, Morality Quotes

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

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

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

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

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less...

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the...

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the...

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

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...

He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad

He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad

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...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the...

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

Want is the mistress of invention

Want is the mistress of invention

Homo sapiens are the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens are the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...