Thomas Jefferson
United States
13 Apr 1743 // 4 Jul 1826
Statesman, Politician
13 Apr 1743 // 4 Jul 1826
Statesman, Politician
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I have no ambition to govern men. It is a painful and thankless office.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in the newspaper.
That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.
Declaration of Independence
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
Remark to Baron von Humboldt, 1807
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays