No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Ignorance Quotes, Nations Quotes

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his...

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his...

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed...

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed...

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

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

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

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity...

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity...

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...

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...

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world...

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world...

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.