Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
Thomas JeffersonTo take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power.
Thomas JeffersonDo not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them.
Thomas JeffersonMan is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.
Thomas JeffersonIf a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be ... The People cannot be safe without information. When the press is free, and every man is able to read, all is safe.
Thomas JeffersonSpeaking one day to Monsieur de Buffon, on the present ardor of chemical inquiry, he affected to consider chemistry but as cookery, and to place the toils of the laboratory on the footing with those of the kitchen. I think it, on the contrary, among the most useful of sciences, and big with future discoveries for the utility and safety of the human race.
Thomas Jefferson