Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Pride Quotes

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good...

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

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

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

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.

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

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...

Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the...

Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the...

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the...

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the...

The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but...

The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than...

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than...

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read

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.

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually...

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually...

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 moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the...

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the...

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than...

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than...