Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
Thomas JeffersonBut this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror.
Thomas JeffersonExperience has proved to us that a dollar of silver disappears for every dollar of paper emitted.
Thomas JeffersonI have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of the issue where reason is left free to exert her force.
Thomas JeffersonIn a free society with a government based on reason, it is inevitable that there will be no uniform opinion about important issues. Those accustomed to suppression and control by governmental authority see this as leading only to chaos. But a government of the people requires difference of opinion in order to discover truth and to take advantage of the opportunity that only understanding brings.
Thomas Jefferson