"I suppose, indeed, that in public life,..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles.
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“When habit has strengthened our sense of duties, they leave us no time for other things; but when young we neglect them and this gives us time for anything.”
“Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.”
“The foundation on which (our government is) built is the natural equality of man, the denial of every pre-eminence but that annexed to legal office, and particularly the denial of a pre-eminence by birth.”
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“The state is not an organism capable of bringing either moral or material improvements to the populace...but merely a vehicle of power for the men and party in power.”
“A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.”
“People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.”
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“Each government accuses the other of perfidy, intrigue and ambition, as a means of heating the imagination of their respective nations, and incensing them to hostilities. Man is not the enemy of man, but through the medium of a false system of government.”
“Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.”
“You use force, you create fear. Fear destroys trust. Trust is the basis of harmony. The hardliner believes harmony and unity can be brought by force. That's totally unscientific, totally wrong.”