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Self Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training.
- We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation…
- It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We are able to…
- A first attempt to recover the right of self government may fail, so may a second, a third, etc. But as a younger and more…
- May [our Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to…
- The right of self-government does not comprehend the government of others.
- I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of the issue where…
- Ignorance and bigotry, like other insanities, are incapable of self-government.
- The patriot, like the Christian, must learn to bear revilings and persecutions as a part of his duty; and in proportion as the trial is…
- We established however some, although not all its [self-government] important principles . The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent…
- 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…
- Private fortunes, in the present state of our circulation, are at the mercy of those self-created money lenders, and are prostrated by the floods of…
- We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among…
- The human character, we believe, requires in general constant and immediate control to prevent its being biased from right by the seductions of self-love.
- The law of self-preservation is higher than written law.
- No one, I hope, can doubt my wish to see... all mankind exercising self-government, and capable of exercising it. But the question is not what…
- Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality.
- Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of nature.…
- We act not for ourselves but for the whole human race. The event of our experiment is to show whether man can be trusted with…
- An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them…
- We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that…
- A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The…
- I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living. . . . We…
- The danger is that the cruel arts of their oppressors have enchained their minds, have kept them in the ignorance of children, and as incapable…
- A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The…
More Self Quotes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor
- It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us… — David Attenborough
- Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
- A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower… — Marcus Aurelius
- What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! — Jane Austen
- We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves,… — Paul Auster