I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Truth Quotes

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of...

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of...

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

Do not spit into the well that you might need to drink out of.

Do not spit into the well that you might need to drink out of.

Don't throw away your old shoes before you have new shoes.

Don't throw away your old shoes before you have new shoes.