I leave you the 100 Thomas Jefferson's Best Phrases , The third president of the United States of America and one of the most outstanding historical personages.
Jefferson (1743 - 1826) fought for democracy, republicanism and the inalienable rights of the individual, which motivated the American colonies to To rise up in arms against the yoke of Great Britain. In fact, he was part of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
After the American Revolution, Jefferson was Secretary of State for George Washington and Vice President under John Adams. In 1800 he The country's presidency, fighting since then against the British's abusive trading policies and piracy. In addition, he tried to put Solution to the problems of indigenous tribes and slavery, albeit with rather modest results.
In the following famous quotes you can appreciate the fierce and fair character of one of the most important characters in the history of the United States.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Would you like to know who you are? Do not ask, act! Only the action will define.
A man who reads absolutely nothing is wiser than the man who only reads newspapers.
The care of human life and happiness, not its destruction, is the first and only goal of good government.
I honestly believe that banks are more dangerous than any army.
It is better not to believe in anything than to believe in what is not right.
Educating and informing the people is the only way to ensure our freedom.
Friendship is a treasure, not only in times of darkness, but in the best moments of life.
The tree of liberty must be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Just freedom means acting freely according to our will, our rights being limited only by the rights of the
the rest.
I have never thought that differences of opinion, political, religious or philosophical are sufficient reason to break a friendship.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the unpredictable sea of freedom.
The God who gave us life also granted us freedom.
I hope our wisdom grows with our power, and teaches us that the less we use power, the better it will be.
I have sworn on the altar of God an eternal hostility against any form of tyranny over the human mind.
If you only try to do your duty, humanity will believe you when you fail.
It is neither wealth nor success, but tranquility and occupation, which gives us happiness.
I have no ambition to rule men. It is a painful and ungrateful activity.
Nothing can stop a man with good determination to achieve his goal. And nothing on Earth can help a man without
determination.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; Who are endowed by their Creator with certain rights
Inalienable; That among these are life, freedom and the pursuit of happiness.
I like dreams of the future more than the history of the past.
If you're pissed, count to ten before you speak. If you are very pissed, count to a hundred.
In matters of style, let yourself be carried by the current. In matters of principle, be firm as a rock.
Never spend the money you have not yet earned.
We must all take into account the following sacred principle: although the will of the majority always prevails, the minority has the same
Rights, which are covered by the same law; And violating their rights is an act of oppression.
The glow of positive thinking is worth more than all the money in the world.
I fear for my own country when I remember that God is just and that his justice will not be always calm.
Experience has shown us that even in the best forms of government, some people in power have become corrupted over time,
Turning power into tyranny.
A bill of rights expresses what the people have a right to do against any government, and what no
Deny the people.
It is difficult to delimit freedom with the limits of the law, since a tyrannical government will use the law to violate the rights of individuals.
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the moment of life in which luck has smiled to us, but of a good conscience, of good health, of
A good occupation and freedom.
A people can have its own government only when it is well informed.
A wise and frugal government, which prevents men from being harmed among them, will leave the people to choose their own path to improvement and
industrial development. This government will not deprive the working class of the bread it has earned.
I hope that we will crush the aristocracy of the wealthy corporations in their origin, since they defy the strength and laws of our country.
It is more dangerous to judge a person without a just system of laws than to let it escape.
We do not in any way damage our neighbor by claiming that there are twenty gods or none at all.
Experience has shown that man is the only animal that destroys his own species, since there is no other term to define what
The rich do with the poor.
Our motto should be to trade with all nations, but never ally with any.
When a man assumes a public office, he should consider himself a public property.
I firmly believe that every human mind feels pleasure doing good to others.
Sometimes it saddens me to think that man can not govern himself.
For a people who are free and who want to remain so, a well organized and armed militia is their best guarantee.
Nothing gives one person more advantage over another than to remain calm and serene under any circumstances.
Walking is the best exercise. Get used to walking far.
Looking for peace and friendship with the rest of humanity is the best way to act, and I hope that someday we will get it.
Nothing is unalterable except the inherent and inalienable rights of any man.
Do not let yourself go for the pleasure until you make sure there is not a hook at the end.
I do not know a better place to put the power to govern than the people in themselves. And if we think that the people are not qualified to
Rule, we must not take away the power, but inform and educate.
Book all afternoon for exercise and leisure, which are as necessary as reading. Even more necessary, I would say, because health is more
Important than knowledge.
Never fall into laziness. It's wonderful how much you can do if you're always doing something.
It is our duty to try to avoid war. But if it has to take place, we must defend ourselves, regardless of the enemy.
Only he who knows more is aware of how little he knows.
The world is in debt, since the triumphs of reason and humanity do not outweigh the triumphs of error and oppression.
It is absolutely essential that each generation pay their debts. This would save us half the world's wars.
One travels better alone than accompanied because he can reflect more.
Money, and not morality, is the principle by which the commerce of civilized nations is governed.
I can not live without books.
Making a man contribute money in favor of the propagation of ideas he hates is characteristic of sin and tyranny.
Challenge everything with courage, even the existence of God. For if there is one, he must be more in favor of the existence of reason than of
Fear of the blind.
Every government degenerates when it is entrusted only to the rulers of the people. The people themselves are the only ones who can prevent this.
If it were up to me, I would prefer a government without newspapers.
I have been brave in my eagerness to expand my knowledge, without fear of knowing the truth and the reason, regardless of the results.
No man will stop being president with the same reputation with which he began to be.
We take up arms in defense of violence against our people and our property. When such violence ceases, only when the
Aggressors, our hostility will cease as well.
A republican government is the only one that is not continuously in open or covert war against the rights of humanity.
It is better to have no idea than to have a false idea.
History, in general, only tells us what a bad government is.
Every citizen should be a soldier, just as he used to be in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
A man with courage and courage can become a majority.
Any authority that does not belong to the people must be destroyed.
Nothing can stop a man with the right mental ability to achieve his goals; Just as nothing on earth can help man with the wrong mental fitness.
72. The tree of justice must be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I never considered a difference of opinion in matters of politics, religion, and philosophy; A reason to get away from a friend.
It is incredible how much can be done if everyone is always doing.
It is sometimes said that man can not trust his own government. Can you then trust in the government of others? Or should we find angels in the form of kings to rule it? Let history answer this question.
No one except an armed nation can dispense with a permanent army. Keeping ours armed and disciplined is therefore important at all times.
In truth, courtesy is the artificial good humor, it covers the natural necessity of it, and ends up making habitual a substitute almost equivalent to the real virtue.
78. When we gather together in large cities, as in Europe, we will become as corrupt as Europe.
79. Forcing a man to provide funds for the propagation of ideas that he does not believe and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Dependence breeds servitude and venality, stifles the germ of virtue, and prepares tools suitable for the designs of ambition.
81. Delay is better than error.
82- For a people who are free and want to remain like this, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
83. I know of no one who bears with certainty the definitive powers of society except the persons themselves; And if we believe that they are not sufficiently enlightened to exercise their control with sound discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.
84. Power is not attractive to pure minds.
Friendship is just another name for an alliance with the follies and misfortunes of others. Our own share of misery is enough: why then volunteer into another's?
No occupation is as enjoyable to me as the culture of the land, and no culture is comparable to that of the garden.
It is the duty of every man who values freedom of conscience for himself, resisting invasions of it by others.
88- Question audaciously even the existence of a God. For if there is one, he must approve more the homage of reason than fear in the blind.
89. In every country, in every age; The priest has always been a hostile to freedom.
90- Walking is the best exercise possible, get used to walking great distances.
91. Our country is now taking a course so stable as to show why it will go to destruction, namely: by the consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.
92- I prefer to be exposed to the inconveniences that attend too much freedom than those attending too small a degree of it.
"It is better not to believe in anything than to believe in something that is wrong.
94. Experience has shown that even under the best forms of government, those who have been endowed with power, over time and by slow operations, have perverted themselves into tyranny.
95. Timid men prefer the calm of despotism rather than the tempestuous sea of freedom.
96. Merchants have no country. The best place they lean on is not as strong an attachment as their profit.
97- Where the press is free and every man is able to read, all is well.
98. The spirit of resistance to the government is so valuable on certain occasions that I want it to be always alive.
99. The inalienable freedom is an action without obstacles according to our will within the limits that surround us by the equal rights of the others. I do not add"within the limits of the law"because the law is often the will of the tyrant, and it is always so when it violates the rights of the individual.
100. I hope that we will crush the birth of the aristocracy of our corporations, which dare to defy our government to a trial by force and to defy the laws of our country.