I pledge undying hostility to any government restrictions on the free minds of the people.
Thomas JeffersonI have wished to see chemistry applied to domestic objects, to malting, for instance, brewing, making cider, to fermentation and distillation generally, to the making of bread, butter, cheese, soap, to the incubation of eggs, &c.
Thomas JeffersonSelf-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality.
Thomas JeffersonThe reflections that the boys of this age are to be the men of the next; that they should be prepared to receive the holy charge which we are cherishing to deliver over to them; that in establishing an institution of wisdom for them, we secure it to all our future generations; that in fulfilling this duty, we bring home to our own bosoms the sweet consolation of seeing our sons rising under a luminous tuition, to destinies of high promise; these are considerations which will occur to all.
Thomas Jefferson