When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have a natural right to compel them to obedience

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Obedience Quotes

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

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...

Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the...

Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the...

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...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

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...

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...

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

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

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

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...

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.

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.

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

There is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that...

There is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that...

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.