A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity that ever were written.
Thomas JeffersonThe greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.
Thomas JeffersonIf I had to choose between government and a free press, I would choose a free press.
Thomas JeffersonEarnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers, diligently to attend divine services.
Thomas JeffersonThe care of every man's soul belongs to himself. But what if he neglect the care of it? Well what if he neglect the care of his health or his estate, which would more nearly relate to the state. Will the magistrate make a law that he not be poor or sick? Laws provide against injury from others; but not from ourselves. God himself will not save men against their wills.
Thomas Jefferson