The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Fear Quotes, Lies Quotes, Truth Quotes

We never repent of having eaten too little.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

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...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

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...

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,...

If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common...

If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may...

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may...

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...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise...

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair...

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair...

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...