So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Government Quotes

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.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

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...

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no...

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no...

It is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good...

It is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

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...

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads...

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads...

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...

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,...

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...

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...

We never repent of having eaten too little.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

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...

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

The aristocracy is in decline in the City, and the cloth-cap professionals are in the...

The aristocracy is in decline in the City, and the cloth-cap professionals are in the...

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden...

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden...