Let what will be said or done, preserve your sang froid immovably, and to every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language.
Thomas Jefferson Quotes
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
He is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
American nobility is earned through deeds and is unadorned and uncorrupted by titles.
My great wish is to go on in a strict but silent performance of my duty; to avoid attracting notice, and to keep my name out of the newspapers.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep the right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should […]
It is, however, an evil for which there is no remedy, our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by a despotic government.
It is a melancholy truth, that a suppression of the press could not more completely deprive the nation of its benefits than is done by its abandoned prostitution to falsehood.
