He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
Thomas JeffersonI set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self evident, "that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living": that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it.
Thomas JeffersonThe contradictory experiments of chemists leave us at liberty to conclude what we please. My conclusion is, that art has not yet invented sufficient aids to enable such subtle bodies [air, light, &c.] to make a well-defined impression on organs as blunt as ours; that it is laudable to encourage investigation but to hold back conclusion.
Thomas JeffersonLet our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils of misgovernment.
Thomas Jefferson