The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in…

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Education Quotes, Ignorance Quotes, Taxation Quotes

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the...

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel...

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel...

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.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

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...

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they...

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they...

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at...

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...

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

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.

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

Regan and George W Bush put the United States in more debt than all the...

Regan and George W Bush put the United States in more debt than all the...

A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic...

A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic...

The key to the behavior of subjects lies not in pent-up anger or aggression, but...

The key to the behavior of subjects lies not in pent-up anger or aggression, but...