There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Truth Quotes

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...

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the...

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish...

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long...

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

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,...

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

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...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful...

Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful...

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Age is honourable and youth is noble.

Age is honourable and youth is noble.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.