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Interest Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- A system of general instruction, which shall reach every description of our citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so…
- Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous and they are tied to…
- Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they…
- Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest…
- I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely…
- The future inhabitants of [both] the Atlantic and Mississippi states will be our sons. We think we see their happiness in their union, and we…
- To instruct the mass of our citizens in these, their rights, interests and duties, as men and citizens...this brings us to the point at which…
- The man who loves his country on its own account, and not merely for its trappings of interest or power, can never be divorced for…
- I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be grateful, to be faithful to all engagements under all circumstances,…
- I am not myself apt to be alarmed at innovations recommended by reason. That dread belongs to those whose interests or prejudices shrink from the…
- Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from…
- Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree.
- With nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties.
- It is a wise rule and should be fundamental in a government disposed to cherish its credit, and at the same time to restrain the…
- It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation . . . . Our interest will be to throw open…
- It has also been a great solace to me, to believe that you are engaged in vindicating to posterity the course we have pursued for…
- We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable…
- [A] spirit of justice and friendly accomodation...is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations.
- If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess I know no…
- The purpose of establishing different houses of legislation is to introduce the influence of different interests or different principles.
- Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality.
- The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.
- And say, finally, whether peace is best preserved by giving energy to the government or information to the people. This last is the most legitimate…
- Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree…
- The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the…
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