“Power is not alluring to pure minds.”
Power“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.”
Men“Power is not alluring to pure minds.”
Power“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.”
Good“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.”
Government“Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.”
Fitness“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.”
Men“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever.”
God“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
Wisdom“Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.”
Beauty“It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.”
God“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.”
Hope“A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.”
Good“There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.”
Fear“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.”
Inspirational“The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.”
Imagination“He who knows best knows how little he knows.”
Best“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”
Government“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
Attitude“Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.”
Peace“A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.”
Government“Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.”
Society