Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Government Quotes

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.

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...

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of...

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of...

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

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

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...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes...

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...

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...

How much does free cost?

How much does free cost?

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I...

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

Common sense is just as good a critic of the lottery as any statistical breakdown

Common sense is just as good a critic of the lottery as any statistical breakdown

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we...

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we...