Transcending Thought
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
Matters of Stlye and Principle
In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Honesty
Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.
Possession of an Idea
If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it.
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
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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.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
