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Quotes for the people- Thomas Jefferson by Thom Jefferson Apr 3, 2007 I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs. (Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin) (1802) ..... |
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Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day.
Thomas Jefferson Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. Thomas Jefferson Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. Thomas Jefferson We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate. Thomas Jefferson I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. Thomas Jefferson, to Archibald Stuart, 1791 Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Dr. James Currie (January 28, 1786) Lipscomb & Bergh 18:ii |
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(2007-04-04 08:55:06) Very good thinking - gives one pause | |
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(2007-04-04 12:55:27) I liked this | |
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(2007-04-05 09:20:26) "We did not weave the web of life; we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves." -Chief Seattle | |
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(2007-04-05 18:38:07) "We did not weave the web of life; we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves." -Chief Seattle "Since fear is mostly about ignorance, the best part is that it's as temporary as you choose." -Comaford, Christine "We should acknowledge differences, we should greet differences, until difference makes no difference anymore." -Allen, Dr. Adela A. Educator "No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world." -Baruch, Bernard U.S. financier and government adviser (1870â1965) âThink for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, tooâ -Voltaire A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. -Albert Einstein | |