Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
Weitere Zitate von Thomas Jefferson
Zum Autor"No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa & America."
"All authority belongs to the people."
"When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property."
"I find that the harder I work , the more luck I seem to have."
"I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met."
"The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to."