Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy of opportunity
Thomas JeffersonThe human character, we believe, requires in general constant and immediate control to prevent its being biased from right by the seductions of self-love.
Thomas JeffersonThe patriot, like the Christian, must learn to bear revilings and persecutions as a part of his duty; and in proportion as the trial is severe, firmness under it becomes more requisite and praiseworthy. It requires, indeed, self-command. But that will be fortified in proportion as the calls for its exercise are repeated.
Thomas Jefferson