Excellence Quote by Thomas Jefferson Download Open image “The federal government is our servant, not our master.” — Thomas Jefferson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Excellence Federal government Government Government tyranny Masters Politics Servant
I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master. — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
We [the Government] are here not as masters but as servants, we are not here to glory in power, but to attest our loyalty… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master. — George Washington Copy Share Image
In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The federal government should be less important in our lives, not more. — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a… — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
Government is at its best when you've got servant leaders that are acting for the good of the public. — Doug Burgum Copy Share Image
The chief duty of our federal government is the safety and security of the American people. — Martha McSally Copy Share Image
Government is at best a petulant servant and at worst a tyrannical master. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Let's ensure our federal government works on behalf of all of its citizens - not just the ones with connections to people in power. — Tommy Tuberville Copy Share Image
A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to hope it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile.… — Alan Kulwicki Copy Share Image
“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but also their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“In your goals to go the extra mile, prepare to pay an extra cost. Excellence is to be exceptional, surpassing, more competent and a… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world. — Alberto Juantorena Copy Share Image
“Anytime I see a rainbow, what comes into my mind is how skillful and talented someone was to create an ark that didn't leak… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image